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Olivier Macoux Rivaud de la Raffinière

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Service/branch
  
Infantry

Rank
  
General of Division

Name
  
Olivier Rivaud


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Born
  
10 February 1766Civray, Vienne, France (
1766-02-10
)

Died
  
19 December 1839(1839-12-19) (aged 73)Angouleme, France

Allegiance
  
French First Republic, First French Empire

Battles/wars
  
French Revolutionary Wars,Napoleonic Wars

Awards
  
Legion d\'honneur (Grand Cross)Order of Saint Louis (Commander)Name inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe,Baron of the Empire

Olivier Macoux Rivaud de la Raffinière (born 10 February 1766 in Civray, Vienne; died 19 December 1839 in Angoulême) was a French infantry commander during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.

Military Service

  • 14 June 1800: Commanded a brigade in Chambarlhac's Division at the Battle of Marengo
  • 3 December 1805: Commanded an infantry division in the I Corps at the Battle of Austerlitz
  • 17 October 1806: Commanded the 2nd Division of the I Corps at the Battle of Halle
  • 6 November 1806: Commanded the 2nd Division of the I Corps at the Battle of Lübeck
    • Olivier Macoux Rivaud de la Raffinière General Olivier Macoux Rivaud de la Raffinire

    References

    Olivier Macoux Rivaud de la Raffinière Wikipedia
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