Jacques Fromentin

Jacques Pierre Fromentin
Born	2 August 1754 (1754-08-02) Alençon, France
Died	19 October 1830 (1830-10-20) (aged 76) Marbaix, Nord, France
Allegiance	Kingdom of France France
Years of service	1778–1787 1791–1799
Rank	General of Division
Battles/wars	American Revolutionary War Battle of Sadras (1782) Battle of Providien (1782) Battle of Trincomalee (1782) War of the First Coalition Battle of Hondschoote (1793) Battle of Wattignies (1793) Battle of Le Cateau (1794) Battle of Beaumont (1794) Battle of Grandreng (1794) Battle of Erquelinnes (1794) Battle of Gosselies (1794)

Jacques Pierre Fromentin (2 August 1754 – 19 October 1830) led a French division during the Flanders Campaign of 1793–1794. Having served in the French Royal Army for ten years, he was appointed lieutenant colonel of a volunteer battalion in 1791. The mass emigration of aristocratic generals and suspicion of those who stayed left the First French Republic desperate to create new general officers, preferably from non-nobles. After leading his battalion at Hondschoote, Fromentin was very rapidly promoted to general of division in September 1793 and led a division at Wattignies the following month. In 1794 he led a combat division at Le Cateau, Beaumont, Grandreng, Erquelinnes and Gosselies. By this time it was plain that he had only modest military ability and he was replaced. He served as a fortress commandant in 1794 and 1795 before retiring from the army in 1799.