Jacques Bernard d'Anselme

Jacques Bernard Modeste d'Anselme (22 July 1740, Apt - 17 September 1814, Paris) was a French general, notable as the first commander of the Army of the Var.

Biography
He became a knight of Saint Louis on 18 April 1770. During the American Revolution, he was a lieutenant colonel of the Regiment of Soissons. As lieutenant general, he took Nice and the fortresses of Mont Alban (Fort du mont Alban) and Villefranche-sur-Mer in 1792, but was defeated at Sospello and imprisoned until the revolution of Thermidor. His name is inscribed on the Arc de Triomphe.