Jean-Baptiste Jamin

Jean-Baptiste Auguste Jamin (born May 20, 1772 in Villécloye , † January 30, 1848 in Paris ) was a French Général de division of the infantry .

Life

Jamin came from a simple working class family; his parents were Francois Jamin and Elisabeth Audrin. He completed his school days at the Collège von Verdun , where he also got to know the ideals of the revolution and enthusiastically joined it.

Jamin joined the army on September 14, 1791 and served in the Sambre and Maas Army in 1792/93 . He took part in the blockade of Landau in the Palatinate and distinguished himself in the Battle of Fleurus (June 26, 1794).

Jamin fought near Stockach (March 25, 1799) and under the orders of Marshal André Masséna and Zurich (June 4-7, 1799). He joined Napoleon's Italian Army and took part in the siege of Genoa (1800) with his younger brother . In the Battle of Mincio (December 25, 1800) he was also able to distinguish himself through bravery.

After the Treaty of Lunéville (February 9, 1801) he returned to France.

Under the orders of Marshal Charles Nicolas Oudinot , Jamin fought near Jena (October 14, 1806) and Ostrołęka (February 16, 1807). After further promotions he came to the staff of the Duke of Rovigo , took part in the siege of Danzig (1807) and fought at Friedland (June 14, 1807).

He was then posted to Spain to be used in the Napoleonic Wars on the Iberian Peninsula . Jamin participated in the Battle of Somosierra (November 30, 1808), the Battle of Uclés (January 13, 1809) and the Battle of Talavera (July 27-28, 1809).

In 1812 Jamin was able to return to France and was transferred to the Garde impériale with effect from January 24, 1813 . Under the command of General Jean Pierre Bonet , he fought in the Battle of Großgörschen (May 2, 1813) where he was wounded and in the Battle of Bautzen (May 20/21, 1813). He was involved in the Battle of the Nations near Leipzig (October 16/19, 1813) as well as in the siege of Erfurt (→ Principality of Erfurt ).

Jamin was used in the Battle of Brienne (January 29, 1814) and the Battle of Fère-Champenoise (March 25, 1814) and was badly wounded while accompanying the retreat of Mortiers and Marmont's troops.

After the Treaty of Fontainebleau (April 11, 1814) Jamin had returned to France. When Napoleon left the island of Elba and his rule of the Hundred Days began, Jamin immediately rejoined him. In the Armée du Nord he took part in the summer campaign of 1815 and fought in the Battle of Waterloo (June 18, 1815).

On September 3, 1822 he was commissioned by King Charles X of the honorary title of Lieutenant-général awarded.

In the spring of 1823 he took part in the invasion of Spain and was used in the siege of Pamplona . In the following year he was able to return to France with his troops. He had his last military engagements in 1830 on the occasion of the revolution in Belgium , under the orders of Marshal Étienne-Maurice Gérard, he besieged the fortress of Antwerp .

In May 1833, Jamin was elected MP, a ten-year term. When he gave up all offices at the beginning of 1846 to retire into private life, King Louis-Philippe I honored him with the appointment of peer of France .

Jean-Baptiste Jamin died at the age of 75 on January 30th, 1848 in Paris and found his final resting place there.

Honors

• March 24, 1795 Chevalier of the Legion of Honor
• May 25, 1807 Officer of the Legion of Honor
• June 23, 1810 Commander of the Legion of Honor
• July 19, 1814 Ordre royal et militaire de Saint-Louis
• 17th August 1822 Comte de l'Émpire
• November 23, 1823 Real y Militar Orden de San Fernando
• 9 January 1833 Grand Officier of the Legion of Honor
• His name can be found on the north pillar (9th column) of the triumphal arch on Place Charles-de-Gaulle (Paris).

literature

• Charles Mullié: Biography of the célébrites militaires des armées de terre et de mer de 1789 à 1850 . Poignavant, Paris 1851. (2 vol.)
• Stephen Pope: The Cassell dictionary of the Napoleonic wars . Cassell, London 1999, ISBN 0-304-35229-2 .
• Adolphe Robert, Gaston Cougny: Dictionnaire des parlementaires français. Vol. 3, Slatkine, Geneva 2000, ISBN 2-05-101711-5 . (Reprint of the Paris 1890 edition)
• Digby Smith : The Napoleonic wars data book . Greenhill, London 1998, ISBN 1-85367-276-9 .