Louis Michel Antoine Sahuc, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Louis Michel Antoine Sahuc

military leader

Date of Birth: 07-Jan-1755

Place of Birth: Mello, Hauts-de-France, France

Date of Death: 24-Oct-1813

Profession: military personnel, politician

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Louis-Michel-Antoine, comte Sahuc, was a French army general born 7 January 1755 – died 24 October 1813, joined the French Royal Army and spent 20 years there before fighting in the French Revolutionary Wars.
He rose to command a French cavalry regiment and later became a general officer.
During the Napoleonic Wars he held important cavalry commands in three of Emperor Napoleon I of France's wars. In the early years of the French Revolution Sahuc was appointed to lead a Chasseurs à Cheval regiment and later commanded a brigade.
Under Napoleon, he commanded a cavalry brigade in the 1805 campaign.
During the 1806-7 campaign he led a dragoon division.
In 1809, he directed a light cavalry division in Italy and at the Battle of Wagram.
For a few years afterward he served as a lawmaker but was recalled up to military duty.
He died in the 1813 typhus epidemic in Germany.
Sahuc is one of the Names inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe.