Jean-Baptiste Rusca
Jean-Baptiste Rusca , actually Jean-Baptiste Dominique Rusca (born November 27, 1759 in La Brigue , Comté de Nice , † February 14, 1814 in Soissons ) was a French doctor and general de division of the infantry with Italian roots.
Life
Rusca came from the Comté de Nice , part of the Kingdom of Sardinia . He was a medic and a great advocate of the French Revolution . That's why he went to France and joined the army there.
During the siege of Toulon in 1793, he led the field hospital, later he settled in the Armée d'Italie enable, where he led a sapper - battalion . During Napoleon's Italian campaign , he was captured by Austrian troops.
In the Sixth Coalition War , Rusca was deployed near Soissons and died there on February 14, 1814 during the fighting.
Honors
- Commander of the Legion of Honor
- Baron de l'Empire
- His name can be found on the southern pillar (25th column) of the triumphal arch on Place Charles-de-Gaulle (Paris).
literature
- Kevin F. Kiley: Once There Were Titans. Napoleon's Generals and Their Battles, 1800-1815 . Greenhill Press, London 2007, ISBN 978-1-85367-710-6 .
- Charles Mullié: Biography of the célébrités militaires des armées de terre et de mer de 1789 à 1850 . Poignavant, Paris 1852 (2 vols.).
- Georges Six: Dictionnaire biographique des généraux & amiraux français de la révolution et de l'empire. 1792-1814 . Saffroy, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-901541-06-2 (2 vols., Reprint of the Paris 1934 edition).
- Frederick C. Schneid: Napoleon's Italian Campaigns. 1805-1815 . Praeger, Westport, Conn. 2002, ISBN 0-275-96875-8 .
- Digby Smith : The Napoleonic Wars Data Book . Greenhill Books, London 1998, ISBN 1-85367-276-9 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rusca, Jean-Baptiste |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Rusca, Jean-Baptiste Dominique (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French doctor and divisional general of the infantry |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 27, 1759 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | La Brigue , Comte de Nice |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 14, 1814 |
| Place of death | Soissons |