Antoine-Joseph-Marc Désilles

Antoine-Joseph-Marc Désilles , born with Saint-Malo on March 11th, 1767, died in Nancy on October 17th, 1790, was officer in the Régiment of the King infantry at the time of the mutiny of this regiment and those of Mestre of camp and Châteauvieux which formed the garrison of Nancy together. At the time of the Business of Nancy (August 31st, 1790), it interposes between the mutineers and the troops of Bouillé charged to restore the order, and is mortally wounded. The heroism of the Désilles young person moved all France. The Porte Désilles in Nancy points out this event.

Sources

New General Biography … published by Misters Firmin Didot, under dir it. of Mr. Dr. Hoefer, Paris, 1855, volume 13, coll 830-831

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