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Jean Reynier

divisional generalFranceFrance10 battles4 wars

Lifespan

1771 – 1814

1780179018001810Napoleonic Wars · 1803-1815War of the Third Coalition · 1805-1806Peninsular War · 1808-1814French invasion of Russia · 1812Battle of the Pyramids — July 21, 1798 · French Republic · Napoleonic WarsBattle of Castelfranco Veneto — November 24, 1805 · France · War of the Third CoalitionBattle of Campo Tenese — March 10, 1806 · France · War of the Third CoalitionBattle of Maida — July 4, 1806 · France · War of the Third CoalitionBattle of Mileto — May 28, 1807 · France · War of the Third CoalitionBattle of Bussaco — September 27, 1810 · France · Peninsular WarBattle of Sabugal — April 3, 1811 · French Empire · Peninsular WarBattle of Kobrin — July 27, 1812 · Kingdom of Saxony · French invasion of RussiaBattle of Wolkowisk — November 1, 1812 · Austrian Empire · French invasion of RussiaFrench invasion of Russia — June 24, 1812 · French Empire · Napoleonic Wars

Active service 1798–1812 — 10 battles across 4 wars; first command at age 27.

Profile

Jean Louis Ébénézer Reynier was a Swiss-French military officer who served in the French Army during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. He rose in rank to become a general during the War of the First Coalition, and led a division under Napoleon Bonaparte in the French campaign in Egypt and Syria. Under the First Empire, Reynier continued to hold important combat commands, eventually leading an army corps during the Peninsular War in 1810–1811, playing a minor role in the invasion of Russia and then seeing action in Germany all during the War of the Sixth Coalition.

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Battles (10)

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