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Marshal of France
Born Rémy Joseph Isidore EXELMANS
French soldier of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars
Born on November 13, 1775 in Bar-le-Duc, France , France
Died on July 22, 1852 in Saint-Cloud, France
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In his first campaign in the Italian Peninsula he greatly distinguished himself; and in April 1799 he was rewarded for his services by the rank of captain of dragoons. In the same year he took part with honor in the conquest of the Kingdom of Naples and was again promoted, and in 1801 he became aide-de-camp to Joachim Murat.
... Born at Bar-le-Duc, Exelmans entered the army at 16, volunteering into the 3rd battalion of the French Revolutionary Army of the Meuse (1791). He became a lieutenant in 1797, and in 1798 was aide-de-camp to general Jean Baptiste Eblé, and in the following year to Jean-Baptiste Broussier.
In his first campaign in the Italian Peninsula he greatly distinguished himself; and in April 1799 he was rewarded for his services by the rank of captain of dragoons. In the same year he took part with honor in the conquest of the Kingdom of Naples and was again promoted, and in 1801 he became aide-de-camp to Joachim Murat.
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