Augustin de Lespinasse
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Augustin de Lespinasse
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| Born |
8 October 1737 Pouilly-sur-Loire, France |
| Died |
23 November 1816 (aged 79) Paris, France |
| Allegiance |
 Kingdom of France France |
| Service/branch | Artillery |
| Years of service |
1759–1792 1792–1804 |
| Rank | General of Division |
| Battles/wars | |
| Awards | Légion d'Honneur, GO 1804 Order of the Iron Crown, 1807 Order of Saint-Louis, 1814 |
| Other work | Sénat conservateur, 1804 Count of the Empire, 1808 Chamber of Peers, 1814 |
Augustin de Lespinasse (8 October 1737 – 23 November 1816) commanded French artillery during the French Revolutionary Wars. After fighting in the Seven Years' War he switched to the artillery branch. He advanced in rank to major by 1788 and was attached to the Army of the Rhine in 1791. After tranferring to the Army of the Western Pyrenees as chief of artillery, he coolly directed the successful defence of the Sans Culottes Camp in February 1794. He was soon promoted to general of division but the Minister of War blocked his continued employment.
Lespinasse transferred to the Army of Italy under Napoleon Bonaparte in 1796. He fought with distinction at Castiglione, Rovereto, Arcole and Mantua. Thereafter he published a treatise on the organization of artillery. After becoming emperor Napoleon appointed Lespinasse to the Senate and gave him other honors. LESPINASSE is one of the names inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe, on Column 35.
Lespinasse was born in Pouilly-sur-Loire on 8 October 1737. He joined the Black Musketeers of the Maison du Roi and later in 1759 he transferred to the carabiniers with the rank of cornet. He fought in the final campaigns of the Seven Years' War as aide-de-camp to Colonel de Poyanne. After the war's end in 1763 he switched to the artillery branch with the rank of lieutenant. The Minister of War Étienne François, duc de Choiseul, noting Lespinasse's intelligence, assigned him to write a treatise on practical trigonometry and leveling. This paper was published in 1768.
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