Aimé-Sulpice Pelletier

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Aimé Sulpice Victor Pelletier, comte de Montmarie , called Aimé-Sulpice Pelletier (born November 13, 1772 in Boury-en-Vexin , † November 2, 1813 near Leipzig ) was a French general of the cavalry .

Live and act

Through his older brother - later General Louis-François Pelletier - Pelletier was also enthusiastic about the ideals of the revolution and joined the revolutionary troops. He joined the cavalry and was soon able to distinguish himself through bravery in the Revolutionary Wars .

Pelletier was one of Napoleon's early followers and when he was planning his campaign to Egypt in 1798 , he volunteered. He took part in the siege of Acre (March / May 1799) and was again able to distinguish himself through bravery in the battles at the pyramids (July 21, 1799) and before Abukir (July 25, 1799). After the successful siege of Alexandria (August / September 1801) by British troops, Pelletier was able to return to France.

After further promotions Pelletier came to the staff of General André Masséna in 1805 and remained there until 1809. As a staff officer he led his own command in the battles at Caldiero (October 29/31, 1805) and Valvasone (November 11, 1805).

In the fifth coalition war (1809) Pelletier led a dragoon regiment and fought under General Charles Joseph de Pully u. a. at Sacile (April 16, 1809) and on the Piave (May 8, 1809).

When Napoleon was planning his war against Russia in 1812 , he also brought Pelletier to his staff. In addition to administrative tasks, Pelletier was again able to distinguish himself through bravery in the battles of Kljastizy (July 28 / August 1, 1812) and Borodino (September 7, 1812). He was injured near Borodino, but a few weeks later he was at the front near Polotsk (October 18-20, 1812). He also took part in the battles off Krasnoye (November 15-18, 1812) and the Berezina (November 26-18, 1812).

On the occasion of Napoleon's spring campaign , Pelletier was promoted to général de brigade with effect from July 22, 1813 . After a few fights and skirmishes, which Pelletier had survived without injuries, he was seriously wounded in a battle in Wachau (October 16, 1813). At the first opportunity he was transferred to a military hospital near Leipzig . There he succumbed to his injuries on November 2, 1813, eleven days before his 41st birthday.

Honors

literature

  • Charles Mullié: Biography of the célébrités militaires des armées de terre et de mer de 1789 à 1850 . Poignavant, Paris 1851 (2 volumes).
  • Alain Pigeard: Dictionnaire de la Grande Armée . Talandier, Paris 2002, ISBN 2-84734-009-2 .
  • Georges Six: Dictionnaire biographique des généraux & amiraux français de le Révolution et de l'Émpire. 1792-1814 . Saffroy, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-901541-06-2 (reprint of Paris 1934 edition).
  • Digby Smith : The Greenhill Napoleonic Wars Data Book . Greenhill, London 1998, ISBN 1-85367-276-9 .
  • Jean Tulard (Ed.): Dictionnaire Napoléon . Fayard, Paris 1995, ISBN 2-213-02286-0 .
  • Jean Tulard: Napoléon et la noblesse d'Émpire . Tallandier, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-235-02302-9 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The painter Jean Antoine Siméon Fort (1783–1861) captured this battle in an oil painting.

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personal data
SURNAME Pelletier, Aimé-Sulpice
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pelletier, Aimé Sulpice Victor
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French general of the cavalry
DATE OF BIRTH November 13, 1772
PLACE OF BIRTH Boury-en-Vexin
DATE OF DEATH November 2, 1813
Place of death near Leipzig