He befriended Bonaparte from the capture of Toulon, from then on he followed him to Italy and distinguished himself at Rivoli . He married Pauline Bonaparte in 1797 and took part in the 18 Brumaire. He was then commander of the Saint-Domingue expedition where Toussaint-Louverture, "the Black Bonaparte" led a guerrilla war. Leclerc manages to arrest him and restore order. But the restoration of slavery in 1802 revived hostilities. The valiant general succumbed to yellow fever the same year.
Kufra is an oasis in Libya whose coordinates are 23.3°N, 22.9°E. Very isolated in the southwest of Libya, it has the particularity of being surrounded on three sides by depressions. The Battle of Kufra On December 21, 1940, the Leclerc column, made up of 400 men under the orders of Colonel Philippe