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Jean-Pierre Augereau

lieutenant generalFrance1 battle1 war

Lifespan

17721836

178017901800181018201830French invasion of Russia · 1812Battle of Lyakhovo — November 9, 1812 · French Empire · French invasion of Russia

Active service 18121 battle across 1 war; first command at age 40.

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Jean-Pierre Augereau was a French general during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. He was the younger half brother of Marshal Charles-Pierre Augereau. John Elting describes him as "notable only for easy affability and absolute incompetence".

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