Charles Clerget
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Charles Clerget was a French army officer born in Langres on 8 October 1795, died in Paris on 16 March 1849 (53 years old). He is known for publishing the Tableaux of the Armies of the French Revolution.
Biography
He entered the
From 1 April 1825, he was employed in the work of the mapping of France, and was promoted to captain on 27 October 1830 at the 53rd Infantry Regiment. From 10 April 1839, he remained at the war depository, where he remained an almost uninterrupted assignment until his death. He devoted himself to the classification and study of the Archives of the Wars of the French Revolution and the Empire. He was promoted to squadron leader on 10 July 1848. Named Chevalier of the
Publications
Tables of French armies during the Revolutionary wars, military bookstore R. Chapelot, Paris, 1905
Sources
Foreword by the French armed tables during the Revolutionary war, Squadron Chief of General Staff Charles Clerget, under the direction of the historical section of the General Staff of the Army, military bookshop R. Chapelot, Paris, 1905