Jacques-Nicolas Gobert, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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French general
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Place of Birth: Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe, France
About Jacques-Nicolas Gobert
- Jacques-Nicolas Gobert (1 June 1760 – 17 July 1808) was a French general who was killed in action in Spain during the Peninsular War. He set out from Madrid with a division on 2 July 1808 to join General Dupont in Jaén.
- Defeating the insurgents who attacked his troops in the Sierra Morena, he and General Lefranc passed the Puerta del Rey, where he left a battalion, on 15 July 15, and reached BailĂ©n with only one brigade, as the remainder of his troops was needed to hold the road north through the mountains against the guerrillas. During the Battle of BailĂ©n, after joining General Liger-Belair on the road between BailĂ©n and MengĂbar, he was wounded by a ball to the head while rallying his troops.
- He died in Guarromán on the night of 16 to 17 July. Gobert was a friend of Dupont's, having served on his staff in Tuscany, and had requested the transfer of his division from General Moncey's corps to that of Dupont.
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