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    Jean-Baptiste Bessières, 1st duc d'Istrie (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ batist bɛsjɛʁ]; 6 August 1768 – 1 May 1813) was a French military commander and...
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  • Canadian gunsmith bevear goldsmith Jean-Baptiste Benoît Eyriès, French geographer, author and translator Jean-Baptiste Bessières, duke of Istria (1768–1813)...
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  • Bessières can refer to: Bessières, Haute-Garonne Jean-Baptiste Bessières, French marshal, duke of Istria (1768-1813) his younger brother, Bertrand, Baron...
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    the Battle of Marengo. General Joachim Murat and Chef de brigade Jean-Baptiste Bessières schemed to have Lannes removed over a budget deficit, but Augereau...
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    either the title of Duke or Prince. With two exceptions – Jean-Baptiste Bessières and Jean-Mathieu-Philibert Sérurier – the Marshals led a sumptuous lifestyle...
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    as commander-in-chief and inspector of the Guard, with General Jean-Baptiste Bessières as second-in-command. On its formation, the Consular Guard consisted...
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    Pierre-Charles-Jean-Baptiste-Silvestre de Villeneuve (French pronunciation: [pjɛʁ ʃaʁl ʒɑ̃ batist silvɛstʁ də vilnœv]; 31 December 1763 – 22 April 1806)...
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    Coalition. On the eve of the battle, one of Napoleon's marshals, Jean-Baptiste Bessières, was killed by a stray cannonball while reconnoitering near Rippach...
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    Auerstedt by Napoleon. During the Battle of Jena-Auerstedt, Marshal Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte had marched from Naumburg to Dornburg and arrived at Apolda...
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    Marshal Jean-Baptiste Bessières, Duke of Istria. After serving with a good record in Italy, in Egypt and at Hohenlinden, Bertrand Bessières had a command...
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  • December 1806, but only enjoyed a brief existence under Marshal Jean-Baptiste Bessières. The II Cavalry Corps was reconstituted for the invasion of Russia...
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    Davydov, two ships each in honor of Louis-Alexandre Berthier, Jean-Baptiste Bessières and Michel Ney; and one ship each in honor of the officers of the...
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    Revolution. New York: St. Martin's Press. ISBN 978-0-31212-123-5. Marbot, Jean-Baptiste Antoine Marcelin. "The Battle of Austerlitz", Napoleon: Symbol for an...
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    Brig. Marulaz (cavalry) Div. Lasalle (cavalry) Cavalry Reserve Corps, Bessières: Div. Nansouty Div. Saint-Sulpice Div. d'Espagne † Total: 77 000 men;...
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    l'Étang led 24,430 men south toward Seville and Cádiz; Marshal Jean-Baptiste Bessières moved into Aragon and Old Castile with 25,000 men, aiming to capture...
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    scientist and diplomat. He was a cousin of marshal Jean-Baptiste Bessières and Bertrand Bessières. He was a member of the Commission des Sciences et des...
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    all their flanks. Napoleon recognized Ney's situation and ordered Marshal Jean Lannes to shift from the centre of attack to help Ney. That action left the...
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    France sent 80,000 militiamen, commanded by future King of Sweden Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte, and successfully repelled the invasion. Napoleon then suggested...
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    Bogdanovich (1859). History of Patriotic War 1812. Bourgogne, Adrien Jean Baptiste François (1899). Cottin, Paul; Hénault, Maurice (eds.). Memoirs of Sergeant...
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    Maneuver. All of the French forces, except 20,000 troops under Jean-Baptiste Bessières that were chasing Hiller, attacked Eckmühl to trap the Austrians...
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    was routed by Marshal Bessières after a badly coordinated but stubborn fight against the French corps north of Valladolid. Bessières exploited the poor coordination...
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    onwards) Sweden under Crown Prince Charles John (the former French marshal Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte), and Austria under Field Marshal Karl von Schwarzenberg...
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    : 204, 232  Napoleonic Wars Napoleon Everson, Robert E. (2014). Marshal Jean Lannes In The Battles Of Saalfeld, Pultusk, And Friedland, 1806 To 1807:...
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    Veit on 24 April 1809 saw a Franco-Bavarian force led by Marshal Jean-Baptiste Bessières face an Austrian Empire army commanded by Johann von Hiller. Hiller's...
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    The Organisation of Victory. 1793–1815 (2013) Masséna, André; Koch, Jean Baptiste Frédéric (1848–50). Mémoires de Masséna (in French). Vol. V. Paris:...
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    He was the eldest of five surviving children of Lieutenant-Colonel Jean-Baptiste Berthier (1721–1804), an officer in the Corps of Topographical Engineers...
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    Napoleon (redirect from Jean d'Epee)
    received no explicit orders from Paris. The army was left in the charge of Jean-Baptiste Kléber. Unknown to Bonaparte, the Directory had sent him orders to return...
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    commanders, either Napoleon or Maréchal Bessières. The Emperor was too far away from the action and Bessières had been wounded during his earlier cavalry...
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    Karl III Johan) and before he became royalty in Sweden, his name was Jean-Baptiste Jules Bernadotte. During the Napoleonic Wars, he participated in several...
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    pontoon bridges. The commander of the pontoon bridge builders, General Jean Baptiste Eblé, had disobeyed Napoleon's previous orders given during the withdrawal...
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