Armand Fouquet de Belle-Isle
Louis-Charles-Armand Fouquet, comte de Belle-Isle , called Chevalier de Belle-Isle , (born September 19, 1693 in Agde , † July 19, 1747 at Colle dell'Assietta , Piedmont ) was a French officer and diplomat. He was the commander-in-chief of the French troops in the battle of the Assietta , in the course of which he fell.
He was the younger brother of Louis-Charles-Auguste Fouquet de Belle-Isles and accompanied him on almost all campaigns of the Polish and Austrian War of Succession , 1744-1745 also in captivity in England. Returned from there, he was in command of the French armed forces that tried in vain to invade the Kingdom of Sardinia-Piedmont in 1747 . Belle-Isle ordered and personally led a senseless and loss-making attack on the fortified pass over the Assietta Heights near Exilles , which was defended by nine Piedmontese and four Austrian battalions , on July 19 , in which he and around 3700 French soldiers were killed. Another 1,600 soldiers were seriously wounded. The defense lawyers, on the other hand, had 299 dead and wounded to mourn.
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| SURNAME | Belle-Isle, Armand Fouquet de |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Fouquet, Armand |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French general and diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 19, 1693 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Agde , Languedoc , France |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 19, 1747 |
| Place of death | Colle dell'Assietta near Exilles , Piedmont |