He fell under suspicion, was removed from command and placed under arrest, but he survived the Reign of Terror.

ANSELME is one of the names inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe, on Column 23.

During the American Revolution, he was a lieutenant colonel of the Regiment of Soissons.

As lieutenant general, he took Nice and the fortresses of Mont Alban and Villefranche-sur-Mer in 1792, but was defeated at Sospello and imprisoned until the revolution of Thermidor.

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