Pierre Quantin

Pierre Quantin (born June 19, 1759 in Fervaques , † February 7, 1824 in Coutances ) was a French Général de division of the artillery .

Life

Until the Revolution , Quantine served in the royal navy . During the reign of terror he switched to the army and became a supporter of Napoleon at an early age .

At the age of 36, Quantin was promoted to Général de brigade in 1795 and served on the staff of General Gabriel d'Hedouville . Later he moved to General Lazare Hoche with whom he successfully put down the Vendée uprising; later he acted just as successfully against the Chouannerie .

On August 25, 1796 he was promoted to Général de division.

From 1797 General Quantin in Nîmes was later entrusted with military-administrative tasks in Aix-en-Provence . In 1801 he joined General Charles Victoire Emmanuel Leclerc's army and fought against Toussaint Louverture in Saint-Domingue ( Hispaniola ) . After the failure of this invasion and Ostin's death, Quantin returned to France in early 1803.

He was then stationed in Belle-Île-en-Mer for a few years . In 1811 he retired and settled in Coutances. He died at the age of 64 on February 7, 1824, and found his final resting place there.

Honors

• June 14, 1804 Commander of the Legion of Honor
• His name can be found on the north pillar (7th column) of the triumphal arch on Place Charles-de-Gaulle (Paris).

literature

• Karl Bleibtreu : Marshals, Generals, Soldiers of Napoleon I. VRZ Verlag, Hamburg 1999, ISBN 3-931482-63-4 (reprint of 1899 edition).
• David Chandler: The campaigns of Napoleon . Weidenfeld, London 1993, ISBN 0-297-81367-6 (reprint of the London 1966 edition).
• Georges Six: Dictionnaire biographique des généraux & amiraux de la révolution et de l'émpire. 1792-1814 . Saffroy, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-901541-06-2 (reprint of the Paris 1934 edition).
• Digby Smith : The Napoleonic Wars data book . Greenhill, London 1998, ISBN 1-85367-276-9 .