Description: "KING LOUIS XV SIGNED APPOINTMENT OF LIEUTENANT JACQUES HENRY DE SABREVOY d’OYENVILLE" of the Royal Corps of Artillery to the Rank of Second Captain in the 3rd Corps of Infantry Troops dated 15 January 1762Countersigned by Louis Hyacinthe Cremlis Boyer, Assistant to the Minister of War under the Marshal de Belle-IsleSize: 19" x 11.2" (48 cm x 31 cm) Louis Hyacinthe Crémilles (Boyer de) (1700-1768) Lieutenant general of police, assistant to the Minister of War under Marshal de Belle-Isle. He directed almost all the operations of the Army of Flanders under the Marshal of Saxe. The capture of Maestricht (1748) earned him the rank of lieutenant general.Jacques Henri de Sabrevois d'Oyenville, born December 10, 1727 in Trancrainville (Eure-et-Loir), died in Oinville-Saint-Liphard (Eure-et-Loir), was a brigadier general of the French Revolution.He entered service on December 10, 1746, as a supernumerary in the artillery, he became point officer on February 6, 1747, and first lieutenant on December 8, 1755. Assigned to the artillery regiment of Besançon in 1759, he obtained a commission of captain on January 15, 1762. Second captain on April 5, 1762, first captain on October 15, 1765, he became captain commanding a company of workers on May 29, 1767. He was made a knight of the royal and military order of Saint-Louis on August 20, 1771. He was appointed brigade commander on January 1, 1777, to count from September 14, 1776, lieutenant-colonel on June 3, 1779, and colonel by commission on May 22, 1781. He became titular colonel and director of artillery in Nantes on July 4, 1784 on April 1, 1791, he became commander of artillery and he joined the Army of the Center on July 21, 1792.He was promoted to provisional marshal and artillery inspector in the Northern Army by General Dumouriez on October 27, 1792. He was confirmed in his rank on November 1, 1792, and in February 1793, he was employed in the army. of Belgium, then to the army of the North under Hangest in April 1793. He was suspended from his duties on July 25, 1793.Released from his suspension, he was authorized to retire on May 29, 1795.
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Date of Publication: January 15, 1762
Material: Parchment
Region: Europe
Type: Handwritten Manuscript
Author: Louis XV
Subject: Military & War
Original/Facsimile: Original
Language: French
Place of Publication: Versailles
Special Attributes: Signed
