Pierre Benoît Soult, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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French general
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Place of Birth: Saint-Amans-Soult, Occitania, France
About Pierre Benoît Soult
- Pierre Benoît Soult (19 July 1770 – 7 May 1843) joined the French royal army before the French Revolution.
- He fought in the French Revolutionary Wars, emerging from the conflict as colonel of a cavalry regiment.
- A good deal of his early career was spent as aide-de-camp to his brother Nicolas Soult who became Marshal in 1804.
- Transferred to Spain during the Napoleonic Wars, he first led a corps cavalry brigade, then after 1813 he commanded a cavalry division.
- During the Peninsular War he took part in the 1814 Battle of Orthez where he commanded 2,700 cavalry and watched the river line upstream (east) from the town of Orthez.
- He also saw action during the Hundred Days after Napoleon returned from exile in Elba.
- After 1830, he was brought out of retirement when his brother became part of the government.
- His surname and first initial represent one of the names inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe.
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