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2 unusual facts about Adam Philippe, Comte de Custine


Hermann and Dorothea

Goethe's work is set around 1792 at the beginning of the French Revolutionary Wars, when French forces under General Custine invaded and briefly occupied parts of the Palatinate.

Laurent de Gouvion Saint-Cyr

In 1792 he was chosen a captain in a volunteer battalion, and served on the staff of General Custine.


Adam Philippe, Comte de Custine

Sent to Paris to justify himself, he was found guilty by the Revolutionary Tribunal of having intrigued with the enemies of the Republic, and guillotined on 28 August 1793.

Anne Jean Marie René Savary

His first campaign was that waged by General Custine against the retreating forces of the duke of Brunswick in 1792.


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