Bernard-Georges-François Frère
| Bernard-Georges-François Frère | |
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| Born |
8 January 1762 Montréal, Aude, France |
| Died | 16 February 1826 (aged 62) Paris, France |
| Allegiance |
 Kingdom of France (1791-1792), French First Republic, First French Empire,.svg){kind=small} Bourbon Restoration
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| Service/branch | Infantry |
| Years of service | 1791-1815 |
| Rank | General of Division |
| Battles/wars |
French Revolutionary Wars, Napoleonic Wars |
| Awards | Count of the Empire |
| Other work | Commander of the military division of Rennes, Commander of the military division of Lille. |
Bernard-Georges-François Frère, Count of the Empire, (8 January 1762, in Montréal, Aude – 16 February 1826, in Paris) was a French soldier of the French Revolutionary Wars, who later rose to the top military rank of General of Division, taking part in the Napoleonic Wars.
A pharmacist in the city of Carcassonne at the outbreak of the French Revolution, Frère exercised this profession until 1791, when he decided to join the army. He was rapidly elected captain and took part to Pyrenees military operations against Spain during the War of the First Coalition. He distinguished himself in battle and gained the rank of chef de battalion (battalion commander) in 1793. Following the signature of the treaty of peace between the Kingdom of Spain and the young French Republic, Frère was assigned to the "Army of Italy" and took part to several battles, including the assault of the Serra redoubts, where was wounded, and at the battle of Bassano. Sent to serve in "Army of England", he failed to take the Saint-Marcouf islands off the coasts of Normandy (9 April 1798). Having spent some time in the "Army of Batavia", then in the "Army of the Rhine", he was promoted to the rank of Brigadier General and given the prestigious command of the infantry of the Consular Guard, then the command of the Grenadiers of the Consular Guard.
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