COMMANDER // 1760–1828
Joseph de Montrichard
divisional generalFrance1 battle1 war
Lifespan
1760 – 1828
Active service 1799 — 1 battle across 1 war; first command at age 39.
Profile
Joseph Hélie Désiré Perruquet de Montrichard was a French general of the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars. His name is inscribed on the north side of the Arc de Triomphe. Montrichard commanded the right wing at the Battle of Trebbia in June 1799. In his final action, he surrendered Dubrovnik to an Anglo Austrian force under William Hoste in January 1814. He comes from the house of Montrichard, a very old family of French nobility.
Battles (1)
1799