Adam Philippe, Comte de Custine
Adam Philippe, Comte de Custine was a French general. As a young officer in the French Royal Army, he served in the Seven Years' War. In the American Revolutionary War he joined Rochambeau's Expédition Particulière supporting the American colonists. Following the successful Virginia campaign and the Battle of Yorktown, he returned to France and rejoined his unit in the Royal Army.
Custine as general-in-chief of the Army of the Rhine in 1792 (painted posthumously in 1834)
Custine holds a council of war with his staff to plan the breach of the Wissembourg lines. By the artist Frédéric Regamey.
Custine continued the revolution in the German Rhineland through proclamation and the levy of heavy taxes on the conquered territories.
Prior to his execution, Custine met with the Abbe Lotheringen, for his confession and his prayers. He also wrote a letter to his son.
Army of the North (France)
The Army of the North or Armée du Nord is a name given to several historical units of the French Army. The first was one of the French Revolutionary Armies that fought with distinction against the First Coalition from 1792 to 1795. Others existed during the Peninsular War, the Hundred Days and the Franco-Prussian War.
Marshal Jean-Baptiste de Rochambeau, first commander of the Army of the North
