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Pierre Emmanual Felix Chazal

Leutenant-General Pierre Emmanuel Félix Chazal was a Belgian army officer, politician and revolutionary who would become minister of defense and subsequently minister of State of Belgium. During the Belgian Uprising in 1830 he quickly rose to prominence and became the …

Henri-Alexis Brialmont

Henri-Alexis Brialmont

Leutenant-General Henri-Alexis Brialmont (1821-1903) was a Belgian army officer, engineer, politician, prolific writer during the second half of the 19th century. As a military architect he is considered to be the father of the Belgian national defense concept …