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See also: minister, was See also: born at See also: Metz on the 25th of See also: December 1754
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At the outbreak of the Revolution he was a captain of cavalry, and his zeal led to his being made colonel and given the command at See also: Cambrai
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When Dumouriez delivered up to the Austrians the minister of war, the See also: marquis de Beurnonville, in See also: April 1793, Bouchotte, who had bravely defended Cambrai, was called by the See also: Convention to be minister of war, where he remained until the 31st of See also: March 1794
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The predominant rale of the Committee of Public Safety during that
See also: period did not leave much scope for the new minister, yet he rendered some services in the organization of the republican armies, and See also: chose his See also: officers with insight, among them Kleber, See also: Massena, See also: Moreau and See also: Bonaparte
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During the Thermidorian reaction, in spite of his incontestable honesty, he was accused by the See also: anti-revolutionists
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He was tried by the tribunal of the See also: Eure-et-See also: Loire and acquitted
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Then he withdrew from politics, and lived in retirement until his See also: death on the 8th of See also: June 1840
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