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Command Transfer

When
October 1837
Where
Constantine
Part of
French capture of Constantine

Valée commanded the artillery. After the death of commander Charles-Marie Denys de Damrémont, Valée assumed command of the army.

Sylvain Charles Valée commanded the artillery in the expedition against Constantine. Following the death of the army's commander, General Charles-Marie Denys de Damrémont, Valée took over command, a feat that later gained him the Marshal's baton.

Sources

  1. Sylvain Charles Valée Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-04

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