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Neuville, Chevalier de La 1740-

Military officer; born in France in 1740; became an officer in the French army in 1756. He and his brother offered their services to General Washington, and in 1778 Chevalier was appointed inspector under General Gates. Not receiving the advance in rank which he hoped for in the American army, he resigned and returned to France, where he died at the end of the eighteenth century. His brother, Normiont, served in the American army for two years, when he also returned to France

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