Jean-Antoine Verdier
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Général Jean Antoine Verdier
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| Born |
2 May 1767 Toulouse |
| Died | 1839 (aged 71–72) Mâcon |
| Allegiance |
 Kingdom of France France
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| Service/ |
French Army |
| Years of service | 1785–1817 |
| Rank | General |
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Jean-Antoine Verdier (2 May 1767 – 30 May 1839) was a French General during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.
Born in Toulouse, he enlisted into the Régiment de la Fère on 18 February 1785. He served as Aide-de-camp to Augereau in 1792 with the army of the Eastern Pyrenees.
In 1793, during the war with Spain, Verdier, with only a battalion of tirailleurs, captured a redoubt outside Figueres defended by 4,000 Spanish troops and 80 guns, gaining promotion from Captain to Adjutant-General. He was promoted to Brigadier in 1795, and the following year in Italy, at the head of three Grenadier battalions, captured the hill called Monte Medolano. He was made General of Brigade on the battlefield of Castiglione, was wounded at Arcole, and fought on until the end of the war of the First Coalition.
In Egypt, he commanded a brigade in Kléber's division at the Battle of the Pyramids. At the siege of Acre, he was wounded by a bayonet thrust. On 1 November 1799, with only 1,000 men, Verdier attacked 8,000 Janissaries who had landed close to Damiette. He killed 2,000, took 800 prisoners, and captured 10 guns and 32 standards. Kléber presented him with the Sabre of Honour and promoted him to Divisional General.
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