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Charles-Gustave de Falkenhayn

b. 1724

18th-century French general

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Born 1724. Charles-Gustave de Falkenhayn was a military leader.

Charles-Gustave de Falkenhayn (14 July 1724 – 1793 or later ) was a French general of German ancestry.

He became a colonel in the Regiment Royal-Pologne in 1754 and commanded the Regiment de Baviere from 1762. He was promoted to brigadier in 1762 and marechal de camp in 1770. He was second-in-command of the Franco-Spanish Invasion of Minorca in 1781 and also came into contact with Benjamin Franklin in 1783.

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18th-century French general

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Charles-Gustave de Falkenhayn was a military leader.

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· Wikipedia: Charles-Gustave de Falkenhayn

· Wikidata: Q42153530

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