Biographies : 101
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BiographySUCHET, Louis-Gabriel'Je vois par votre lettre que vous êtes jaloux de gloire : c'est le moyen de faire de grandes choses', Napoleon to Suchet, 1800.
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BiographyTAUENTZIEN, Bogislav Friedrich Emanuel, Graf von Wittenberg
Born: Potsdam, 15 September 1760Died: Berlin, 20 February 1824 Joining the Prussian army in 1775, Tauentzien became royal Flügeladjutant 16 February 1793 serving the king directly (he had become Graf von Wittenberg in 1791 and received the “pour le mérite” medal in December 1792). He was also advantageously married when young to a sister of Haugwitz's […]
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BiographyThielemann, Generallieutenant Johann Adolf Freiherr von (1765-1824)Generallieutenant Johann Adolf Freiherr von Thielemann (1765-1824)
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BiographyTORMASOV, Count Alexander Petrovich
Count Alexander Petrovich Tormasov was a prominent Russian cavalryman during the Napoleonic Wars. He was born into a noble Russian family on 22 August, 1752, and in February 1762 he started out as a page at the Imperial Court. At the age of 20 he enlisted in the Vyatka Infantry as Lieutenant. He became Captain […]
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BiographyVILLENEUVE, Pierre-Charles
Born in Valensole (Alpes de Haute-Provences) on the last day of the year, into a noble Provençal family, Villeneuve entered the French Navy as an 'aspirant-garde' in July 1778. After seeing action the West Indies, he ended his participation in the American war in Destin and the frigate Blonde. He was then to serve in […]
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BiographyWEYROTHER, Franz von
After serving with distinction during the war against the Turks (1788-1790), in early 1796 he served under Archduke Charles in Germany, being towards the end of the year transferred to Alvinczy's staff in Italy. There he drafted the plan for the combat at Bassano, where the Austrians were defeated. In 1799, he served under Kray […]
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BiographyWILSON, Sir Robert Thomas
Robert Thomas Wilson was born in London in 1777. He took up a cornetcy in 15th Light Dragoons in 1793, where he made lieutenant. His service during the Revolutionary Wars saw Wilson distinguish himself a number of times, in particular at the Battle of Villers-en-Cauchies (24 April, 1794) where he was involved in saving Francis […]
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BiographyWITTGENSTEIN, Peter Khristianovich
Peter Wittgenstein came from an aristocratic family of Prussian origin. He was born on 5 January, 1769, and at the age of 21 enlisted as a sergeant on 1 April, 1781, in the Life Guard Semeyonovsk Regiment. He was an excellent and courageous horseman who fought in the Russo-Polish War in 1794, during which time […]
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BiographyWREDE, Carl-Philip, prince (1767-1838), ‘South German’ General and Diplomat
Karl Philip Freiherr von Wrede was born in Heidelberg in 1767. On joining the Elector's army he rose to colonel in 1795. Fighting under the orders of the Austrian Erzherzog Karl, he covered the retreat of the defeated Austrian army after Hohenlinden (3 December, 1800). When Bavaria entered into an alliance with the French, he […]
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BiographyZaragoza, Ignacio Seguín (1829 – 1862), General in the Mexican army
Zaragoza was born in the small Mexican village of Presidio de Bahía del Espíritu Santo (now Goliad, Texas, in the United States), second son of Miguel G. Zaragoza from Veracruz and María de Jesús Seguín of Bexar. After the defeat of Mexico in the Texas Revolution (whereupon infantryman Miguel moved to Matamoros in 1834), the […]