Chef de brigade (English: Brigade chief) was a French military rank. It was used as the equivalent of the rank ofmajor in theFrench Royal Army's artillery units andcolonel in theFrench Revolutionary Army.
Chef de brigade was equivalent tomajor in the French Royal Corps of Artillery. Each regiment of artillery was divided into two battalions, each of twobrigades under the command of achef de brigade.[1] This rank was given to the best of theCapitaines en premier (first captains) in a regiment, commanding an artillery brigade that would be able to support an army division.[2]
Chef de brigade was equivalent tocolonel, in theFrench Revolutionary army, in command of ademi-brigade. Both that unit (replacing aregiment) and that rank (replacing the rank ofmestre de camp) were created at the same time, in 1793. The two designations disappeared just before the institution of theFrench Empire, in 1803, with the old designations restored.[citation needed]
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