Jean-Louis Dubreton

Jean-Louis Dubreton (born January 18, 1773 in Ploërmel , Morbihan department , † May 27, 1855 in Versailles , Yvelines department ) was a French general of the infantry .

Live and act

Enthusiastic about the ideas of the revolution , Dubreton volunteered for the army on March 1, 1790. In the Revolutionary Wars he was able to distinguish himself through courage and bravery and was quickly promoted: lieutenant (1791), adjudant-major (1793) and caitaine (1795).

Under General Jean-Baptiste Kléber he put down the uprising of the Vendée and under General Guillaume-Marie-Anne Brune fought a. a. on the Mincio (December 25, 1800). Soon afterwards he joined General Charles Victor Emmanuel Leclerc's staff with the rank of chef de bataillon . On behalf of Napoleon Bonaparte , he led an expeditionary army to Saint Domingue ( Hispaniola ) to put down an uprising led by Toussaint Louverture . After Leclerc's death on November 2, 1802, Dubreton fought under his successor Vicomte de Rochambeau a . a. at the Battle of Vertières (November 18, 1803). Dubreton was made colonel while still in Hispaniola.

Appointed général de brigade (August 6, 1811), Dubreton was ordered to Spain to support the officer corps there in the " Spanish War ". He took u. a. participated in the fighting near Salamanca (July 22, 1812) and helped to besiege the cities of Tarragona (May / June 1811), Ciudad Rodrigo (January 1812) and Burgos (September / October 1812). On December 23, 1812, Napoleon personally presented Dubreton with the certificate of appointment as général de division.

With the Grande Armée Dubreton came to Prussia and fought a. a. in the battles of Dresden (August 26/27, 1813), Leipzig (October 16/19, 1813) and Hanau (October 30/31, 1813).

After the Battle of Paris (March 30, 1814) Dubreton accompanied Napoleon to his abdication , but after the Treaty of Fontainebleau (April 11, 1814) he turned to the House of Bourbon and supported King Louis XVIII.

During the Restoration , Dubreton remained a royalist and King Louis XVIII. appointed him in thanks for this on March 5, 1819 as a pair of France (→ Chambre des Pairs ). After the July Revolution of 1830 Dubreton gave up his offices and retired into private life. He settled in Versailles and died there on May 27, 1855.

Honors

• 1812 baron de l'Émpire
• 1816 Commander of the Ordre royal et militaire de Saint-Louis
• Grand Officer of the Legion of Honor
• His name can be found on the western pillar (35th column) of the triumphal arch on Place Charles de Gaulle ( Paris )

literature

• David G. Chandler The campaigns of Napoleon . Weidenfeld, London 1993, ISBN 0-297-81367-6 (unchanged reprint of the London 1966 edition)
• David Gates: The Spanish Ulcer. A history of the peninsular war . Pimlico Books, London 2002, ISBN 0-7126-9730-6 .
• Charles Mullié: Biography of the célébrités militaires des armées de terre et de mer de 1789 à 1850, vol. 1 . Poignavant, Paris 1852.
• Georges Six: Dictionnaire biographique des généraux et amiraux français de la Révolution et de l'Émpire. 1792-1814, Vol. 1 . Saffroy, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-901541-06-2 (unchanged reprint of the Paris 1934 edition)
• Jean Tulard (Ed.): Dictionnaire Napoléon . Fayard, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-213-60485-1 (2 vols.)

Web links

• Jeamn-Louis Dubreton at arcdetriomphe.info