Armand Taffin Rouarie, marquis de la, a French soldier, born near Rennes in 1756, died near Lamballe, Jan. 30, 1793. He entered the army young, was dismissed from the king's guard in consequence of a duel, came to America, and received from congress a commission as colonel under the name of Charles Armand. He served under Gen. Gates against Cornwallis, having before done various sorts of duty in New Jersey, New York, and Connecticut. In 1781 he visited France on business for the army, but returned in time to take part in the operations before Yorktown in October. In 1783 he received the rank of brigadier general, and in 1784 returned to France. In 1788 he was one of twelve deputies sent to Paris by Brittany to demand the preservation of the privileges of that province, and was imprisoned in the Bastile. With the approval of the king's brothers, he became in 1791 the head of a secret organization spread over Brittany, Anjou, and Poitou, to act in conjunction with the army of the allies. The design was betrayed, and Rouarie became a fugitive; and for several months before his death he directed from his various retreats the preparations for revolt.