Claude François Ferey, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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French division commander
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Place of Birth: Auvet-et-la-Chapelotte, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France
About Claude François Ferey
- Claude François Ferey, Baron de Rozengath (21 September 1771 – 24 July 1812) became a division commander during the Napoleonic Wars and was killed fighting the British in Spain.
- In 1787 he joined the French Royal Army and became an officer in 1792.
- His surname is one of the Names inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe, on Column 38.
- At the end of the Battle of Salamanca his division held off the victorious Anglo-Portuguese, while the rest of the army escaped.
- He was killed in this action.
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