Marc Nicolas Louis Pécheux

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' Marc Nicolas Louis Pécheux (born January 28, 1769 in Bucilly ( Département Aisne ), † November 1, 1831 in Paris ) was a French Général de division .

Pécheux joined the 41st demi-brigade on August 17, 1792 as a volunteer in a grenadier battalion in the Aisne department and first served in the Northern Army under General Dumouriez , where he rose to the rank of chief de bataillon . Between 1793 and 1798 he served in succession in the Ardennes and Armée de Sambre-et-Meuse . In 1799 he moved to the Armée d'Italie , where he rose to Chef de brigade and was in Liguria until 1801. After his unit in Italy was almost wiped out, he switched to the Batavian Army in 1803. With the 95 e d'régiment infantry he was to occupy Hanover used. As the commander of his own half-brigade, he stood in the field camp of Boulogne from 1804 and became a member of the Legion of Honor.

In 1805 he took part in the campaign against the Austrians in Ulm and distinguished himself in December 1805 in the Battle of Austerlitz . In the campaign of 1806 he fought near Jena and Halle , occupied Spandau and took part in the Battle of Friedland with his regiment in 1807 .

In 1808 he switched to the French army in Spain, received the Commander's Cross of the Legion of Honor in November and was appointed Baron de l'Empire . His troops fought in the Battle of Tudela (November 23, 1808) against a Spanish army under General Castaños and took part in the conquest of Madrid . In 1809 his troops were in combat at Velez (January 13), Almaras (March 18) and Medellin (March 28). After taking part in the Battle of Talavera (July 27 to July 28), he made a decisive contribution to the victory in the Battle of Ocaña (November 19, 1809), which enabled the French to advance to Cádiz . During the siege of this city (1810), Pécheux was promoted to the Général de brigade . He then remained in command of Xeres until 1811 and led his troops during the siege of Tarifa . In 1812 he was ordered back to Cadiz.

Promoted to Général de division on May 30, 1813, he and his division strengthened Marshal Davout's troops in northern Germany from the beginning of August 1813 . On September 16, 1813, while advancing towards Magdeburg, he was defeated by a superior Allied corps under General Ludwig von Wallmoden-Gimborn in the Battle of the Göhrde . He was able to withdraw to Lüneburg with half of his division . Pécheux remained in Hamburg under Davout until the end of the war in 1814.

During the reign of the Hundred Days in 1815, Pécheux commanded the 12th Infantry Division of the IV Infantry Corps under General Gérard in the army of Marshal Grouchy and fought with his division at Ligny and Wavre . After Napoleon's defeat and another abdication, he returned to his hometown.
In 1818 he was given command of the 12th Military Division in Nantes . After working as an inspector of the infantry, he was put in disposition for a long time. It was not until 1823 that, through the intervention of the Minister of War, the Duke of Belluno , commemorating his experiences in Spain in 1810, he received a command during the invasion of Spain . Under the command of Marshal Lauriston , Pécheux took part in the capture of Pamplona . After this campaign, Pécheux finally withdrew to his estates.

His name is entered on the triumphal arch in Paris in the 37th column.

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SURNAME Pécheux, Marc Nicolas Louis
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French general
DATE OF BIRTH January 28, 1769
PLACE OF BIRTH Bucilly , Aisne department
DATE OF DEATH November 1, 1831
Place of death Paris