Jacques Louis François Delaistre de Tilly

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Allegiance France Name Jacques Francois Awards Baron d\'Empire (1812)		Rank General of Division Service/branch Cavalry

Born 2 February 1749Vernon, Eure, France ( 1749-02-02 ) Died 10 January 1822 (1822-01-11) (aged 72)Paris, France Battles/wars French Revolutionary WarsBattle of Savenay (1793)Napoleonic WarsBattle of Haslach-Jungingen (1805)Battle of Elchingen (1805)Battle of Lubeck (1806)Battle of Vitoria (1813)

Jacques-Louis-François Delaistre de Tilly (2 February 1749, Vernon, Eure – 10 January 1822, Paris) became a general officer in the French army during the French Revolutionary Wars. He led a cavalry division in a number of battles during the Napoleonic Wars. His name is inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe.

Service

29 November 1792 : Colonel of the 6th Regiment of Dragoons

21 April 1793 : General of Brigade

2 December 1793 : General of Division

23 December 1793 : Commanded troops at the Battle of Savenay

5 May 1801 : Commander in chief of the Armée de l'Ouest

11 October 1805 : Commanded the Cavalry Division of the VI Corps at the Battle of Haslach-Jungingen

14 October 1805 : Commanded the Cavalry Division of the VI Corps at the Battle of Elchingen

17 October 1806 : Commanded the Cavalry Division of the I Corps at the Battle of Schleiz

17 October 1806 : Commanded the Cavalry Division of the I Corps at the Battle of Halle

6 November 1806 : Commanded the Cavalry Division of the I Corps at the Battle of Lübeck

25 January 1807 : Commanded the Cavalry Division of the I Corps at the Battle of Mohrungen

21 June 1813 : Commanded the 2nd Cavalry Division of the Army of the South at the Battle of Vitoria

25 March 1809 : Chevalier d'Empire

23 April 1812 : Baron d'Empire

TILLY is engraved on Column 4 of the Arc de Triomphe

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