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    Louis Charles Antoine Desaix (French: [lwi ʃaʁl ɑ̃twan dəzɛ]) (17 August 1768 – 14 June 1800) was a French general and military leader during the French...
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  • Desaix may refer to: Louis Desaix (1768–1800), French general French ship Tyrannicide (1793), a French Navy 74-gun ship of the line launched in 1793,...
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    at 11:00 am to recall the detachment under Général de Division (GdD) Louis Desaix while he moved his reserve forward. On the Austrian left, Ott's column...
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    Louis Desaix in the Egyptian expedition of Napoleon Bonaparte. On his return, he did not take part in the Battle of Marengo, where his friend Desaix was...
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    assembled. General Napoleon Bonaparte was appointed commander, with General Louis Desaix serving as provisional commander in Paris during Bonaparte's absence...
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    the Free City of Danzig. He served as Aide-de-camp to French Generals Louis Desaix and later Napoleon Bonaparte, whose life he saved on multiple occasions...
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    around 150 knights and Maltese being captured. A force commanded by Louis Desaix landed at Marsaxlokk, a large bay in southern Malta. The landing was...
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    of Louis Charles Antoine Desaix, Jean-Louis-Ébénézer Reynier, Charles-François-Joseph Dugua, Honoré Vial and Louis André Bon. In addition, Desaix sent...
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    in the Cruise of Bruix. Tyrannicide was renamed Desaix in August 1800 in honour of General Louis Desaix. Under Captain Jean-Anne Christy de la Pallière...
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    down the road, and a subsequent counter-attack by the French General Louis Desaix led to a defeat for von Melas' forces. The day after the battle he was...
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  • defending the line of the Murg River. Leading a wing of Moreau's army, Louis Desaix attacked the Austrians and drove them back to the Alb River in the War...
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    a potential defeat for France was ultimately secured by the generals Louis Desaix and François Christophe de Kellermann. This offered a further opportunity...
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    Kléber, Desaix, Berthier, Caffarelli, Lannes, Damas, Murat, Andréossy, Belliard, Menou, and Zajączek. His aides de camp included his brother Louis Bonaparte...
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    Center led by Louis Desaix and a Left Wing directed by Laurent Gouvion Saint-Cyr. Ferino's three divisions were led by François Antoine Louis Bourcier, 9...
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    Pierre Augereau Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte Jean François Carteaux Louis Charles Antoine Desaix Jacques François Dugommier Alexandre Dumas Charles François Dumouriez...
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    monumental tomb to be built at the Hospice for Louis Desaix (killed at the Battle of Marengo), even though Desaix had not crossed the Alps with the armée de...
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  • was turned over to the French on 4 February. Renamed Desaix that same day, after General Louis Desaix, the ship was assigned to the 1st Division of Large...
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    statue. In 1810, under the rule of Napoleon, a nude statue of the General Louis Desaix replaced the pyramid. However, following the abdication of Napoléon,...
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    begin the siege. On 22 November, the French defenders at Kehl, under Louis Desaix and the overall commander of the French Army of the Rhine and Moselle...
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    Bonaparte at Marengo, Piedmont on 14 June 1800, whereat the French General Louis Desaix was killed. The reverse indicates the extent liberated lands, known as...
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    crossings at Kehl and Hüningen. At Kehl, 20,000 French defenders under Louis Desaix and the overall commander of the French force, Jean Victor Marie Moreau...
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    named Parthénopéenne by the Directory February 1: Victory of General Louis Desaix over the Mameluks at Aswan completes the French conquest of upper Egypt...
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    chef d'escadron and participated in the Egyptian campaign under General Louis Desaix. He published an account of this campaign in his memoirs. Savary fought...
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    addition to Bonaparte himself, Louis-Alexandre Berthier, Auguste de Marmont, Jean Lannes, Joachim Murat, Louis Desaix, Jean Reynier, Antoine-François...
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  • Fort Desaix in 1802. Napoleon Bonaparte renamed the fort to honor General Louis Desaix (1768–1800). The original fort in the area is Fort Saint Louis, which...
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    example, destroyed after Napoleon was deposed, was the monument to General Louis Desaix in the Place des Victoires was built in 1810. It featured a nude statue...
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    under Desaix and a vigorous French counter-attack converted the battle into a decisive French victory. The Austrians lost half of their army, but Desaix was...
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    He mounted a brief guerrilla warfare that staved off the armies of Louis Desaix for a year. While pursuing Murad Bey into Upper Egypt, the French discovered...
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    receiving a serious wound in the latter action. He returned to France with Louis Desaix then went to Italy, where he behaved with distinction at the Battle of...
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  • Saarbrücken. Pierre Marie Barthélemy Ferino led Moreau's Right Wing, Louis Desaix commanded the Center and Laurent Gouvion Saint-Cyr directed the Left...
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