Pascal Antoine Fiorella, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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French general
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Place of Birth: Ajaccio, Corsica, France
About Pascal Antoine Fiorella
- Pascal Antoine Fiorella or Pasquale Antonio, comte Fiorella (7 February 1752 – 3 March 1818) became a French general officer in the French Revolutionary Wars and led a brigade during Napoleon Bonaparte's famous campaign in Italy in 1796.
- A Corsican by birth, he joined the French Royal Army as a volunteer in 1770 and was quickly appointed an officer.
- When the French Revolution broke out, he was a captain.
- Elected lieutenant colonel of a volunteer battalion, he fought with the Army of the Alps.
- Transferred to the Army of Italy, he assumed command of the 46th Line Infantry Demi-Brigade in February 1794.
- He fought under André Masséna at Saorgio where he was wounded.
- In September 1794 he earned promotion to general of brigade and led the army reserve. When Bonaparte took command of the Army of Italy in the spring of 1796 Fiorella led a brigade in Jean-Mathieu-Philibert SĂ©rurier's division.
- He fought at Mondovì in April 1796.
- During the Battle of Castiglione on 5 August 1796, he took command of SĂ©rurier's division and led it to attack the Austrian left rear.
- This maneuver resulted in an important French victory.
- During the Arcola campaign in November 1796, he led his troops at Calliano and was captured at Rivoli.
- Beginning in 1797, he saw service as a division commander in the armies of the French-allied Italian states.
- In 1799 he was forced to surrender Turin to the Austrians.
- He blockaded Venice in 1805 and was involved in suppressing the Tyrolean Rebellion in 1809.
- Despite joining Napoleon for the Hundred Days, he managed to secure retirement with the rank of division commander in 1817.
- He died the next year in Ajaccio.
- His surname is one of the names inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe, on Column 21.
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