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François-Philippe de Foissac-Latour entered the French Army as an engineer cadet on 1 January 1765. He was promoted to captain in the Engineer Corps in 1777, and served in the Revolutionary War in America. He was made chief of engineers at Phalsbourg in 1785, a post he held for six years. He was promoted to general of division in the Army of the Interior in 1795 and commanded the 4th Division when that army marched against the Royalists the same year. In October of 1797 he was sent to the Army of Italy to establish a line of demarcation between the Austrian territories and the newly created Cisalpine Republic. François-Philippe de Foissac-Latour, Ministere de la Police Generale de la Republique, (Paris, 1796). Maubert, Relation du Blocus et du Siege de Mantoue, et Expose des cuses qui ont contribue a sa Reddition. (Paris, 1800), 56-57. Georges Six, Dictionnaire Biographique des Generaux & Amiraux Francais de la Revolution et de l'Empire (1792-1814) (Paris, 1934), II, 68-69.