Jean-Baptiste Tholmé, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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French general
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Place of Birth: Rocroi, Grand Est, France
About Jean-Baptiste Tholmé
- Jean-Baptiste Tholmé, (11 May 1753 – 8 September 1805), was a general of brigade in the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars.
- He was named chief of staff of the Army of the Moselle (3 August 1794).
- During the Rhine Campaign of 1796, he led the main body of Ferino's division over the passage of the Lech and at the Battle of Friedberg.
- He was born in Rocroy, in the village of Chaillevois, near Laon, diocese of Soissons.
- He attended the School in Mezieres in 1768, where he studied engineering and geography, and was employed as an engineer in the corps of infantry.
- In 1780, he was a colonel of Infantry.
- He was an officer of the Legion of honor.
- He served in Switzerland, in the campaign in the Grisons (1800–1802).
- He was commandant of the army in Bologne in 1803.
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