General Jean Joseph Amable Humbert (22 August 1767 – 3 January 1823) was a French military officer who participated in several notable military conflicts of the late 18th and early 19th century. Born in the townland of La Coâre Saint-Nabord, outside Remiremont Vosges, he was a sergeant in the National Guard of Lyon. He rapidly advanced through the ranks to become brigadier general on 9 April 1794 and fought in the Western campaigns before being allocated to the Army of the Rhine. Humbert also participated in the United Irishman Rebellion and the War of 1812. Expeditions to Ireland In 1794, after serving in the Army of the Coasts of Brest, Humbert served under Lazare Hoche in the Army of the Rhine and Moselle. Charged to prepare for an expedition to Ireland, he took command of the Légion Noire under Hoche, sailing in the ill-fated Expédition d'Irlande to Bantry Bay in 1796, and was engaged in actions at sea against the Royal Navy. Contrary weather and engagements with the British forced this expedition to withdraw. The trip home resulted in the action of 13 January 1797 during which Humbert, onboard the Droits de l'Homme, narrowly escaped death. As the ship was sunk, hundreds of men perished, but Humbert was among the last to escape. On his return to France, Humbert served in the Army of Sambre and Meuse, before being appointed to command French troops in an attempt to support the Irish Rebellion of 1798. The troops under his command consisted chiefly of infantry of the 70th demi-brigade with a few artillerymen and elements of the 3rd Hussar Regiment, however, by the time he arrived off the Irish coast the rebellion had already been suppressed by the British. The expedition was able to land in Ireland at Killala on Thursday 23 August 1798, meeting with initial success in the Battle of Castlebar where they routed the Irish Militia. Humbert subsequently declared the establishment of an Irish Republic, before marching on Dublin. However, Humbert's small force was defeated at the Battle of Ballinamuck by the British Army and he was captured as a prisoner of war. Humbert and his fellow French soldiers were taken by canal to Dublin, where they were exchanged for British prisoners of war. In his first request to the British authorities, Humbert requested that his Irish officers receive considerate treatment, and was dismayed when several of his Irish