Jean-Baptiste Dumonceau
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| Nickname(s) | Le général sans tache (The unblemished general) |
| Born | 7 November 1760 Brussels, Austrian Netherlands (modern Belgium) |
| Died | 29 December 1821 Forest, United Kingdom of the Netherlands (modern Belgium) |
| Allegiance |
 First French Republic Batavian Republic Kingdom of Holland First French Empire United Kingdom of the Netherlands
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| Rank | Général de division |
| Awards | Marshal of Holland, Name engraved on the Arc de triomphe, Rue Dumonceau, Bruxelles |
Count Jean-Baptiste Dumonceau de Bergendal (7 November 1760 – 29 December 1821) was a general from the Southern Netherlands, in the service of France and the Netherlands.
At first destined for a career as an architect (for which he showed a marked disposition), he fought in his first battles in 1788 as a volunteer in the Canaris (after its uniform's colour) cavalry regiment during the Brabant Revolution. He became a lieutenant colonel in that unit in November 1789. After the revolution was stopped in 1790, he fled and offered the First French Republic his services, commanding a battalion of the Belgian legion, fighting at Jemappes and rising to général de brigade in 1793 after his defence of the approaches to Lille against the young comte de Bouillé.
Fighting in the invasion of the Dutch Republic under general Pichegru in 1795, he moved to the Batavian Republic's army as a lieutenant-general. In 1796 he commanding the troops protecting the provinces of Groningen, Friesland and Drenthe, before being made military governor of the Hague. During the Anglo-Russian Invasion of Holland he brought up two-thirds of his 2nd Batavian division in forced marches from Friesland and he arrived on 8 September to take on a position in the center of the Franco-Batavian front, around Alkmaar, in time for the Battle of Krabbendam. He was then reinforced with the 7th Half-brigade of Daendels' division. He was wounded at the battle of Bergen (1799) and was thus unable to participate in the Battle of Alkmaar. In 1805 he commanded the corps of Batavian troops placed under the command of maréchal Mortier.
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