Rochembeau, JEAN BAPTISTE DONATIEN DE VIMEURE, COMTE DE, was born at Vendôme, July 1725, entered the army in 1742, was at the siege of Maestricht, and distinguished himself at Minorca in 1756. In 1780 he was sent out in command of an army of 6000 men to support the Americans, and in 1781 he rendered effective help at Yorktown. He became marshal in 1791, and in 1804 Napoleon made him a grand officer of the Legion of Honour. He died 10th May 1807. See his Mémoires (2 vols. 1809; Eng. trans. 1838).
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