Pierre Raphaël Paillot de Beauregard, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Place of Birth: Saint-Palais-sur-Mer, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
About Pierre Raphaël Paillot de Beauregard
- Pierre Raphaël Paillot de Beauregard (14 February 1734 – 30 September 1799) led a French division at the Battle of Wattignies.
- A nobleman, he joined the French Royal Army as a cadet in 1755 and fought in the Seven Years' War.
- He became a lieutenant colonel in 1779, but two years later got into a dispute with a superior officer and was placed on inactive service.
- The French Revolution and the War of the First Coalition saved his career; he was promoted general of brigade in 1792.
- He led a 2,000-man column at Arlon in 1793 but irritated his army commander.
- After his 5,800-strong division performed poorly at Wattignies he was put in prison for 10 months.
- He was briefly employed again during the War in the Vendée in 1795 before retiring from military service in 1796.
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