Lazare Hoche

Lazare Hoche
Lazare Hoche
	Portrait by Charles-Victor-Eugène Lefebvre, 1834
Born	24 June 1768; Versailles, France
Died	19 September 1797 (aged 29); Wetzlar, Holy Roman Empire
Allegiance	Kingdom of France; French Republic
Branch	Army
Service years	1784–1797
Rank	General of division
Commands	Army of Moselle; Army of the Rhine; Army of the Coasts of Cherbourg; Army of the Coasts of Brest; Army of the West; Army of the Coasts of the Ocean; Army of Sambre and Meuse
Conflicts	See list French Revolutionary Wars Flanders campaign; War in the Vendée; Invasion of France (Battle of Quiberon); Chouannerie; French Expedition to Ireland; Battle of Biesingen; Battle of Kaiserslautern; Battle of Froeschwiller; Second Battle of Wissembourg; Battle of Neuwied; ;
Other work	Minister of War
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Louis Lazare Hoche ([lwi la.zaʁ ɔʃ]; 24 June 1768 – 19 September 1797) was a French military leader of the French Revolutionary Wars. He won a victory over Royalist forces in Brittany. His surname is one of the names inscribed on the Arc de Triomphe, on Column 3. Richard Holmes describes him as "quick-thinking, stern, and ruthless... a general of real talent whose early death was a loss to France."