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Auguste de Marmont

Marshal of the EmpireFrance10 battles6 wars

Lifespan

1774 – 1852

17801790180018101820183018401850War of the First Coalition · 1792-1797French Revolutionary Wars · 1792-1802War of the Third Coalition · 1805-1806War of the Fifth Coalition · 1809Peninsular War · 1808-1814War of the Sixth Coalition · 1813-1814Battle of Castiglione — August 5, 1796 · France · French Revolutionary WarsBattle of Millesimo — April 13, 1796 · French Republic · War of the First CoalitionUlm Campaign — September 25, 1805 · France · War of the Third CoalitionBattle of Graz — June 24, 1809 · First French Empire · War of the Fifth CoalitionBattle of Wagram — July 5, 1809 · France · War of the Fifth CoalitionBattle of Znaim — July 10, 1809 · French Empire · War of the Fifth CoalitionBattle of Salamanca — July 22, 1812 · French Empire · Peninsular WarBattle of Bautzen — May 20, 1813 · France · War of the Sixth CoalitionGerman campaign of 1813 — January 1, 1813 · France · War of the Sixth CoalitionBattle of Gué-à-Tresmes — February 28, 1814 · France · War of the Sixth Coalition

Active service 1796–1814 — 10 battles across 6 wars; first command at age 22.

Profile

Auguste Frédéric Louis Viesse de Marmont, duc de Raguse was a French general and nobleman who rose to the rank of Marshal of the Empire and was awarded the title Duke of Ragusa. In the Peninsular War, Marmont succeeded the disgraced André Masséna as commander of the French army in northern Spain but lost decisively at the Battle of Salamanca as France ultimately lost the war in Spain.

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Battles (10)

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