COMMANDER // 1763–1824
Jean Brunet
divisional generalFrance1 battle1 war
Lifespan
1763 – 1824
Active service 1799 — 1 battle across 1 war; first command at age 36.
Profile
Jean Baptiste Brunet was a French general of division in the French Revolutionary Army. He was responsible for the arrest of Toussaint Louverture. He was promoted to command a light infantry demi-brigade at the Fleurus in 1794. He led the unit in François Joseph Lefebvre's division in the 1795, 1796 and 1799 campaigns. He was the son of French general Gaspard Jean-Baptiste Brunet who was guillotined in 1793.
Battles (1)
1799