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GRIMOARD, PHILIPPE HENRI, COMTE DE (1753-1815) , French soldier and military writer, 'entered the royal army at the age of sixteen, and in' 1775 published his Essai theorique et practique sur les batailles. Shortly afterwards Louis XVI. placed him in his own military , cabinet and employed him especially in connexion with schemes of army reform. ' By the' year of the Revolution he had become one of Louis's most valued counsellors, in political as well as military matters, and was marked out, though only a colonel, as the next Minister of War. " In '791 Grimoard was entrusted with the preparation of the scheme of defence for France, which proved two yearslater of great
remainder
life
The following works by him, besides his first essay, have retained some, importance : Histoire des dernikres campagnes de Turenne
Turenne
Marshal Richelieu
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