Louis Lazare Hoche 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 under 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."
Portrait attributed to Jacques-Louis David, 1793
Lazare Hoche's birthplace in Versailles
Hoche by Jean-Louis Laneuville, c. 1801
Hoche at the Battle of Quiberon, by Charles Porion (1879)
Names inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe
The following is a list of the 660 names inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe, in Paris. Most of them represent generals who served during the French First Republic (1792–1804) and the First French Empire (1804–1815). Underlined names signify those killed in action. Additionally, the names of specific armies are listed, grouped together by the four compass facades of the arch: North, East, South and West.
Northern pillar Armies of northern France, the lower Rhine and the Netherlands.
Eastern pillar Armies of Central Europe, Switzerland and Italy.
Southern pillar Armies of Mediterranean Europe, Egypt and southern France.
Western pillar Armies of the Pyrenees, western France and notable units.