COMMANDER // 1765–1813
Jacques Sarrut
divisional generalFrance1 battle1 war
Lifespan
1765 – 1813
Active service 1813 — 1 battle across 1 war; first command at age 48.
Profile
Jacques Thomas Sarrut joined the French army and became a division commander in the First French Empire of Napoleon. He led a regiment at Hohenlinden, a brigade at Jena, Bussaco, and Fuentes de Oñoro, and a division at Salamanca. He was mortally wounded while leading his soldiers against the Anglo-Allied army at the Battle of Vitoria. Sarrut is one of the names inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe on Column 21.
Battles (1)
1813
Battle of San Millan-OsmaPeninsular War · French Empire