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FrenchBorn Jean Barthélemy Claude Toussaint DARMAGNAC

French division commander during the Napoleonic Wars

Born on November 1, 1766 in Toulouse , France

Died on December 13, 1855 in Bordeaux , France

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Jean Barthélemy Claude Toussaint Darmagnac (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ baʁtelemi klod tusɛ̃ daʁmaɲak]; 1 November 1766 – 12 December 1855) became a French division commander during the Napoleonic Wars. In 1791, he joined a volunteer battalion and soon became a captain. He fought with the 32nd Line Infantry Demi-Brigade against the Austrians in Italy. He participated in the French campaign in Egypt and Syria, being promoted to lead the regiment after distinguishing himself at the Battle of the Pyramids. He was severely wounded at Acre and promoted to general of brigade in 1801. Darmagnac fought at Austerlitz in 1805 and led the Paris guard in 1806–1807. Going to Spain, he was wounded at Medina de Rioseco and became a general of division in 1808. After serving as provincial governor in Old Castile, where he plundered many works of art, especially in Burgos, he assumed command of a combat division at Vitoria, the Pyrenees, the Bidassoa, the Nivelle, the Nive, Orthez, and Toulouse. After holding interior commands under the Bourbon Restoration, he retired in 1831. His surname is one of the names inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe in Column 36.

 ...   Jean Barthélemy Claude Toussaint Darmagnac (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ baʁtelemi klod tusɛ̃ daʁmaɲak]; 1 November 1766 – 12 December 1855) became a French division commander during the Napoleonic Wars. In 1791, he joined a volunteer battalion and soon became a captain. He fought with the 32nd Line Infantry Demi-Brigade against the Austrians in Italy. He participated in the French campaign in Egypt and Syria, being promoted to lead the regiment after distinguishing himself at the Battle of the Pyramids. He was severely wounded at Acre and promoted to general of brigade in 1801. Darmagnac fought at Austerlitz in 1805 and led the Paris guard in 1806–1807. Going to Spain, he was wounded at Medina de Rioseco and became a general of division in 1808. After serving as provincial governor in Old Castile, where he plundered many works of art, especially in Burgos, he assumed command of a combat division at Vitoria, the Pyrenees, the Bidassoa, the Nivelle, the Nive, Orthez, and Toulouse. After holding interior commands under the Bourbon Restoration, he retired in 1831. His surname is one of the names inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe in Column 36.


References
Broughton, Tony (2001). "French Infantry Regiments and the Colonels who Led Them: 1791 to 1815: 31e - 40e Regiments". The Napoleon Series. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
Oman, Charles (1996) [1922]. A History of the Peninsular War Volume VI. Vol. 6. Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania: Stackpole. ISBN 1-85367-635-7.
Oman, Charles (1997) [1930]. A History of the Peninsular War Volume VII. Vol. 7. Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania: Stackpole. ISBN 1-85367-227-0.
Smith, Digby (1998). The Napoleonic Wars Data Book. London: Greenhill. ISBN 1-85367-276-9.



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