COMMANDER // 1765–1819
François Quesnel
divisional generalFrance1 battle1 war
Lifespan
1765 – 1819
Active service 1799 — 1 battle across 1 war; first command at age 34.
Profile
François Jean Baptiste Quesnel du Torpt became a division commander under the First French Empire of Napoleon. By the time the French Revolutionary Wars began, he had been a non-commissioned officer in the French army for nearly a decade. Within less than two years he rose to the rank of general officer while fighting against Spain. His career then stagnated until the War of the Second Coalition when he led a brigade in Italy at Verona, Magnano, Cassano, Bassignana where he was wounded, and Novi.
Battles (1)
1799
Battle of CassanoWar of the Second Coalition · French Republic