Eloi Charlemagne Taupin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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French military officer
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Place of Birth: Barbery, Hauts-de-France, France
About Eloi Charlemagne Taupin
- Eloi Charlemagne Taupin (17 August 1767 – 10 April 1814) became a French soldier before the French Revolution and was killed in 1814 leading his division in battle against the British and the Spanish in southern France.
- After fighting in the French Revolutionary Wars, he was promoted to command an infantry regiment at the beginning of the First French Empire.
- He led the unit during the War of the Third Coalition in 1805.
- The following year he fought in the War of the Fourth Coalition.
- The year 1808 found him at Zaragoza in Spain where he was wounded.
- In 1809 he led a brigade during the War of the Fifth Coalition at Gefrees. Taupin transferred again to Spain where he fought in the Peninsular War including the battles of Bussaco and Salamanca.
- He was appointed to command an infantry division in October 1812 and in January 1813 was promoted general of division.
- In 1813 he led his division in the battles of the Pyrenees, San Marcial, the Bidassoa, Nivelle and the Nive.
- In 1814 he conducted a particularly stubborn defense at Orthez and was fatally wounded leading an attack at Toulouse.
- Ironically, his death came a few days after Napoleon abdicated his throne.
- His surname is one of the names inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe, on Column 37.
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