Jacques François Dugommier
| Jacques François Dugommier | |
|---|---|
General Dugommier, portrait by François Bouchot (1836)
|
|
| Born | 1 August 1738 Trois-Rivières, Kingdom of France |
| Died | 18 November 1794 (aged 56) Pont de Molins, Kingdom of Spain |
| Allegiance |
 Kingdom of France.svg){kind=small} Kingdom of France French Republic
|
| Years of service | 1750–1794 |
| Rank | Divisional general |
| Commands held | Armée des Pyrénées orientales |
| Battles/wars | |
| Awards |
Order of Saint Louis Names inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe |
Seven Years' War
French Revolutionary Wars
Jacques François Coquille named Dugommier (1 August 1738, Trois-Rivières, Guadeloupe – 18 November 1794, at the Battle of the Black Mountain) was a French general.
Jacques François Dugommier was born on August 1, 1738 in Trois-Rivières, Guadeloupe.
He entered service in 1759 in the defense of Guadeloupe against the English and fought in Martinique in the Seven Years' War. He took the name Dugommier in 1785. He joined the Revolutionaries.
In September 1793, he drove the troops of Habsburg Austria and the Kingdom of Sardinia from Nice. He defeated Joseph De Vins' Austrians at city of Gilette. While a Deputy of the French Convention, Dugommier succeeded General Jean François Carteaux as commander of the army besieging Toulon. Recognizing that the attack plan of a young artillery major named Napoleon Bonaparte was the correct one, Dugommier carried it out. In December 1793, he brought the Siege of Toulon to a successful conclusion.
In January 1794, he was named head of the Army of the Eastern Pyrenees. His assignment was to retake the territory of Rousillon from the Spanish army of Antonio Ricardos Carrillo. He reorganized the army, weakened as it was by the hard combat of the preceding year spent incessantly and fruitlessly storming the Spanish positions. The Spanish became paralyzed by a leadership crisis following the successive deaths of two Commanders-in-Chief to disease, making Dugommier's task easier.
...
Wikipedia