Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei waahanga - Ko Jean-Baptiste Cyrus de Timbrune de Thiembronne, Comte de Valence (22 Mahuru 1757 <unk> 4 Hui-tanguru 1822) i whakahau i nga hoia French i nga Pakanga Revolutionary French me nga Pakanga Napoleonic. He rangatira, i uru ia ki te French Royal Army hei rangatira o te hoia eke hoiho i te tau 1778. I te wa o te French Revolution i whakahau ia i tetahi roopu hoia hoia. I ārahi a Valence i ngā hōia ki Valmy
I te tau 1792 ka tohua ia hei rangatira mo te ope taua o Ardennes. I ārahi ia i te parirau matau i Neerwinden. I uru ia ki te mahere kore a Charles Francois Dumouriez ki te hopu i te mana o te ope taua, ka rere ia i te Paenga-whawha 1793.