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COMMANDER // 1770–1826

Louis-Gabriel Suchet

Marshal of the EmpireFrance14 battles5 wars

Lifespan

1770 – 1826

177017801790180018101820War of the First Coalition · 1792-1797War of the Third Coalition · 1805-1806War of the Fourth Coalition · 1806-1807Peninsular War · 1808-1814Napoleonic Wars · 1803-1815Italian campaigns of the French Revolutionary Wars — April 20, 1792 · French Republic · War of the First CoalitionBattle of Millesimo — April 13, 1796 · French Republic · War of the First CoalitionBattle of Schöngrabern — November 16, 1805 · France · War of the Third CoalitionBattle of Saalfeld — October 10, 1806 · French Empire · War of the Fourth CoalitionBattle of Ostrołęka — February 15, 1807 · French Empire · War of the Fourth CoalitionSecond Siege of Zaragoza — December 20, 1808 · France · Peninsular WarBattle of Alcañiz — May 23, 1809 · French Empire · Peninsular WarBattle of Belchite — June 18, 1809 · French Empire · Peninsular WarBattle of María — June 15, 1809 · First French Empire · Peninsular WarBattle of Montserrat — July 25, 1811 · First French Empire · Peninsular WarBattle of Saguntum — October 25, 1811 · French Empire · Peninsular WarBattle of Castalla — April 13, 1813 · French Empire · Peninsular WarBattle of Ordal — September 12, 1813 · First French Empire · Peninsular WarHundred Days — March 20, 1815 · France · Napoleonic Wars

Active service 1792–1815 — 14 battles across 5 wars; first command at age 22.

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Louis-Gabriel Suchet, duc d'Albuféra, was a French Marshal of the Empire and one of the most successful commanders of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. During the Peninsular War, he was remembered as a skilled administrator. He is placed among the greatest commanders of the Napoleonic Wars.

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Battles (14)

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