Jean Guillaume Barthélemy Thomières

Jean Guillaume Barthélemy Thomières (born August 18, 1771 in Sérignan , † July 22, 1812 in Salamanca ) was a French général de brigade of the infantry .

Life

At the age of 22, Thomières entered the army in 1793 and was soon able to distinguish himself through bravery in the Revolutionary Wars . In the first coalition war he fought against Dego (14/15 April 1796), Mondovi (20/22 April 1796), Lodi (10 May 1796), Bassano (8 September 1796) and Arcole (15/17 April 1796) November 1796).

He was promoted several times and came to the staff of Marshal Claude-Victor Perrin as an aide-de-camp . Victor . As such, he took part in the fighting at Montebello (June 9, 1800) and Marengo (June 14, 1800). When the second coalition war ended with the Peace of Amiens (March 25/27, 1802), Thomières was able to return home with his troops.

When Napoleon Bonaparte planned his campaign to Spain in 1807 , Thomières was again a staff officer. He took part in the invasion of Portugal (November 19/30, 1807) and fought at Roliça (August 17, 1808) and Vimeiro (August 21, 1808). In the latter he was wounded and was only able to return to active service at the end of the year.

He led a brigade in the battles off Coruña (January 16, 1809), Buçaco (September 27, 1810) and Fuentes de Oñoro (May 3-5, 1811). Thomières fought under Marshal Auguste Frédéric Louis Viesse de Marmont in the Battle of Salamanca (July 22, 1812) with the rank of Général de brigade . Thomières was killed in the Wellington counterattack .

Honors

• April 1, 1807 Chevalier of the Legion of Honor
• June 18, 1809 Baron de l'Émpire
• His name can be found on the western pillar (38th 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 (reprint of the London 1966 edition).
• David Gates: The Spanish Ulcer. A history of the peninsular war . Pimlico, London 2002, ISBN 0-7126-9730-6 .
• Michael Glover: The peninsular was. 1807-1814 . Penguin, London 2001, ISBN 0-141-39041-7 .
• Donald D. Howard (Ed.): The French campaign in Portugal, 1810-1811. To Account of Jean Jacques Pelet . University Press, Minneapolis, Minn. 1973, ISBN 0-8166-0658-7 .
• Kevin J. Kiles: Once there were titans. Napoleon's generals and their battles, 1800-1815 . Greenhill, 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 1851 (2 vols.).
• Digby Smith : The Greenhill Napoleonic Wars Data Book . Greenhill, London 1998, ISBN 1-85367-276-9 .