Jean-Louis Dubreton, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Jean-Louis Dubreton

French general

Date of Birth: 18-Jan-1773

Place of Birth: Ploërmel, Brittany, France

Date of Death: 27-May-1855

Profession: military officer

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


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About Jean-Louis Dubreton

  • Jean-Louis Dubreton (18 January 1773 – 27 May 1855) enlisted in the French army in 1790 and served during the French Revolutionary Wars where he gained advancement.
  • During the War of the First Coalition he fought against the allies in the north and against the War in the Vendée.
  • By 1801 he commanded a battalion in Italy.
  • The year 1803 found him leading a regiment during the failed French occupation of Santo Domingo. During the Napoleonic Wars, Dubreton served in Holland and Germany, becoming a general officer in 1811.
  • Later he transferred to Spain where he won fame by leading the defenders during the Siege of Burgos, one of Wellington's rare setbacks.
  • Promoted, he commanded a division at Dresden, Leipzig, and Hanau in the autumn of 1813.
  • King Louis XVIII of France appointed him to several military posts and, in 1819, to the Chamber of Peers, a lawmaking body.
  • Dubreton is one of the names inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe on Column 35.

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