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COMMANDER // 1757–1816

Pierre Augereau

Marshal of the EmpireFranceFrance27 battles8 wars

Lifespan

1757 – 1816

176017701780179018001810War of the First Coalition · 1792-1797War of the Pyrenees · 1793-1795French Revolutionary Wars · 1792-1802Napoleonic Wars · 1803-1815War of the Third Coalition · 1805-1806War of the Fourth Coalition · 1806-1807Peninsular War · 1808-1814War of the Sixth Coalition · 1813-1814Italian campaigns of the French Revolutionary Wars — April 20, 1792 · French Republic · War of the First CoalitionBattle of Boulou — April 30, 1794 · France · War of the PyreneesBattle of San Lorenzo de la Muga — August 13, 1794 · France · War of the PyreneesBattle of Loano — November 22, 1795 · First French Republic · War of the First CoalitionBattle of Borghetto — May 30, 1796 · France · French Revolutionary WarsBattle of Caldiero — November 12, 1796 · First French Republic · French Revolutionary WarsBattle of Castiglione — August 5, 1796 · France · French Revolutionary WarsBattle of Millesimo — April 13, 1796 · French Republic · War of the First CoalitionBattle of Mondovì — April 21, 1796 · French Republic · French Revolutionary WarsBattle of the Bridge of Arcole — November 15, 1796 · French Republic · Napoleonic WarsSecond Battle of Bassano — November 6, 1796 · French Republic · French Revolutionary WarsCapitulation of Dornbirn — November 13, 1805 · France · War of the Third CoalitionUlm Campaign — September 25, 1805 · France · War of the Third CoalitionBattle of Czarnowo — December 23, 1806 · French Empire · War of the Fourth CoalitionBattle of Golymin — December 26, 1806 · French Empire · Napoleonic WarsBattle of Jena–Auerstedt — October 14, 1806 · French Empire · Napoleonic WarsBattle of Saalfeld — October 10, 1806 · French Empire · War of the Fourth CoalitionBattle of Eylau — February 7, 1807 · French Empire · Napoleonic WarsPeninsular War — May 2, 1808 · France · Napoleonic WarsSiege of Girona — May 6, 1809 · France · Peninsular WarBattle of Manresa — March 21, 1810 · First French Empire · Peninsular WarFrench invasion of Russia — June 24, 1812 · French Empire · Napoleonic WarsBattle of Bautzen — May 20, 1813 · France · War of the Sixth CoalitionGerman campaign of 1813 — January 1, 1813 · France · War of the Sixth CoalitionBattle of Limonest — March 20, 1814 · First French Empire · War of the Sixth CoalitionBattle of Mâcon — January 1, 1814 · France · War of the Sixth CoalitionBattle of Saint-Julien — March 1, 1814 · France · War of the Sixth Coalition

Active service 1792–1814 — 27 battles across 8 wars; first command at age 35.

Profile

Charles-Pierre-François Augereau, duc de Castiglione was a French military commander and a Marshal of the Empire who served during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. After serving in the Revolutionary Wars, he earned rapid promotion while fighting against Spain and soon found himself as a division commander under Napoleon Bonaparte in Italy. He fought in all of Bonaparte's battles of 1796 with great distinction. During the Napoleonic Wars, Napoleon entrusted Augereau with important commands. He distinguished himself as a corps commander at Jena, although at Eylau he led a charge into a snowstorm that proved disastrous. His life ended under a cloud because of his poor timing in switching sides between Napoleon and Louis XVIII. Napoleon wrote of Augereau that he "has plenty of character, courage, firmness, activity; is inured to war; is well liked by the soldiery; is fortunate in his operations". Augereau is generally counted as one of the most capable generals of the Napoleonic Wars.

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Battles (27)

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