Jean Gabriel Marchand, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Jean Gabriel Marchand

French general

Date of Birth: 10-Dec-1765

Place of Birth: L'Albenc, Auvergne-RhĂ´ne-Alpes, France

Date of Death: 12-Jan-1851

Profession: lawyer, military personnel, politician

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius


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About Jean Gabriel Marchand

  • Jean Gabriel Marchand, 1st Count Marchand (10 December 1765 – 12 November 1851) went from being an attorney to a company commander in the army of the First French Republic in 1791.
  • He fought almost exclusively in Italy throughout the French Revolutionary Wars and served on the staffs of a number of generals.
  • He participated in Napoleon Bonaparte's celebrated 1796-1797 Italian campaign.
  • In 1799, he was with army commander BarthĂ©lemy Catherine Joubert when that general was killed at Novi.
  • Promoted to general officer soon after, he transferred to the Rhine theater in 1800. At the start of the Napoleonic Wars in 1805, Marchand led a brigade in the Grande ArmĂ©e at Haslach-Jungingen and DĂĽrenstein.
  • Promoted to lead a division in Marshal Michel Ney's corps, he fought at Jena and Magdeburg in 1806.
  • Leading an independent force, he defeated 3,000 Prussians late in the year.
  • The following year he led his troops at Eylau, Guttstadt-Deppen, and Friedland.
  • Napoleon bestowed honors and the rank of nobility upon him. In 1808 Marchand went to Spain where he fought in the Peninsular War.
  • In Ney's absence, he took command of the corps and suffered a humiliating defeat at TamamĂ©s at the hands of a Spanish army.
  • He went with Marshal AndrĂ© MassĂ©na's abortive invasion of Portugal in 1810 and 1811 and fought at Ciudad Rodrigo, Almeida, and Bussaco.
  • During the retreat he performed well in one rear guard action against the British and later led his division at Fuentes de Onoro. In 1812 he commanded a division in Russia.
  • He fought at the head of his division at LĂĽtzen, Bautzen, and Leipzig in 1813.
  • An Austrian division defeated his independent command near Geneva in 1814.
  • During the Hundred Days he was tasked with stopping Napoleon's march near Grenoble, but his troops went over to the ex-emperor.
  • For this, he was later tried by the Bourbons but acquitted.
  • His surname is one of those names inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe.

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