Lazare Hoche

Louis Lazare Hoche was a French soldier who served during the French Revolutionary Wars and rose to become a general of the Revolutionary Army. He won a victory over Royalist forces in Brittany. His surname is one of the names inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe, on Column 3. Richard Holmes says he was "quick-thinking, stern, and ruthless... a general of real talent whose early death was a loss to France." A famous statement by general Hoche: "Facta, non verba"