Chef de brigade

It was used as the equivalent of the rank of major in the French Royal Army's artillery units and colonel in the French Revolutionary Army.

Chef de brigade was equivalent to major in the French Royal Corps of Artillery.

[1] This rank was given to the best of the Capitaines en premier (first captains) in a regiment, commanding an artillery brigade that would be able to support an army division.

[2] Chef de brigade was equivalent to colonel, in the French Revolutionary army, in command of a demi-brigade.

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