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COMMANDER // 1770–1857

Étienne Bierre

divisional generalFrance1 battle1 war

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17701857

1775180018251850Peninsular War · 1808-1814Battle of Braga — March 20, 1809 · France · Peninsular War

Active service 18091 battle across 1 war; first command at age 39.

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Étienne Heudelet de Bierre joined the French army as a volunteer lieutenant in 1792. A year later he became a staff officer for a number of generals before becoming Laurent Gouvion Saint-Cyr's chief of staff in 1795. He fought under Jean Victor Marie Moreau in the 1796 campaign and fought at Kehl. He became a general officer in 1799, leading his troops at the First and Second battles of Zurich. In April 1800 he was a brigade commander in Jean Victor Tharreau's division in Moreau's army. In December of that year he fought at Hohenlinden under Michel Ney.

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