Jacques Léonard Muller, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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French general
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Place of Birth: Thionville, Grand Est, France
About Jacques Léonard Muller
- Jacques Léonard Muller (11 December 1749 – 1 October 1824) commanded the Army of the Western Pyrenees and the Army of the Rhine during the French Revolutionary Wars.
- He was a product of the French Royal Army which he joined in 1765.
- He became a captain in 1791 and soon formed a unit from the disbanded Swiss regiments of the old army.
- He fought at Jemappes and then transferred to the War Office.
- Promoted to general officer in July 1793 he was appointed chief of staff to the Army of the Pyrenees.
- In October 1793 he assumed command of that army despite being outranked by ten other generals.
- He immediately set about providing a good organization for his motley host.
- A major Spanish attack on the Sans Culottes Camp was repulsed in February 1794. Muller was finally promoted to general of division in April 1794.
- In July and August his army captured the Baztan Valley and San Sebastián.
- He soon resigned his command and was replaced by Bon-Adrien Jeannot de Moncey.
- He transferred to the Army of the Alps as a division commander.
- In 1799 while he led the Army of the Rhine, he was beaten at Mannheim but he successfully lured the Austrians away from Switzerland.
- He served in various non-combat posts during the Napoleonic Wars and died in 1824.
- His surname is one of the names inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe, on Column 33.
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