[Netherlands] General Chassé.
Lith. v Paalzom, gedr. bei J. Stock in Berlin. Eigenthum v. Carl Marz, Jerusalemer str. 56. [n.d., 1850]. Lithograph. Size: 230 x 280mm. (9 x 11"). A portrait of David Hendrik, Baron Chassé (1765 – 1849), standing in a battle field, holding a flag with his sword raised. In 1788 Chassé received a commission as a first lieutenant in the royal French army. After the revolution of 1789 he took part in the campaigns of the revolutionary French armies as a captain. Chassé fought both for and against Napoleon and commanded the Third Netherlands Division that intervened at a crucial moment in the Battle of Waterloo. In 1830 he bombarded the city of Antwerp as commander of its citadel during the Belgian Revolution.
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