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Antoine Étienne de Tousard
1752Dec, 9

Antoine Étienne de Tousard

Antoine Étienne de Tousard, French general and engineer (d. 1813)
Antoine Étienne de Tousard (9 December 1752 – 15 September 1813) was a French general and military engineer during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. He was also the last military engineer of the Order of Saint John. He is the brother of Louis de Tousard.

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