Pietro Teulié
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| Born | 3 February 1769 Milan |
| Died | 18 June 1807 Kolberg (aged 38) |
| Allegiance |
 Kingdom of Italy (1796–1807) |
| Rank |
Division General
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| Battles/wars |
War of the Second Coalition (1798–1802) War of the Fourth Coalition (1806–1807) Siege of Kolberg (1807) |
| Awards | Legion d'Honneur |
Pietro Teulié (Milan, 3 February 1769 — Kolberg, 18 June 1807) was an Italian general who served in the Kingdom of Italy during the Napoleonic Wars. He was killed during the siege of the Prussian fortress of Kolberg.
He was born in Milan, the son of Filippo and Teresa Crippa. His father, a state officer, was the last descendant of a medium-class family from Languedoc, and tried to make him a lawyer, with scarce results.
When, in 1796 the French with Napoleon Bonaparte entered Milan, he was one of the first who joined the National Guard of the Cisalpine Republic, quickly becoming the second-in-command of Duke Gian Galeazzo Serbelloni. On 15 October of the same year he enlisted in the Lombard Legion as head of battalion and aide-de-camp to the Mantuan general Giuseppe Lahoz Ortiz, and participated at the French invasion of the Papal State. In the Battle of Senio, General Lahoz wounded, he took command of the entire Legion, defeating the far more numerous Pontificians and capturing over one thousand prisoners, four banners and fourteen guns. He then conquered the fort of San Leo.
In February 1799 he commanded the territorial division of Ferrara, and later served under General Garnier as his Chief of Staff, during the disastrous campaign against the Austro-Russian forces. Besieged with a handful of men in Castel Sant'Angelo, he surrendered only on the guarantee of military honours and a safeconduct, taking a ship that brought him in France. He then started to reorganise the troops of the collapsed Cisalpine Republic in the new Italian Legion, commanded by general Giuseppe Lechi, in which many officers and petty officers, due to the lack of recruits, served as simple soldiers. He distinguished himself during the Battle of Marengo, and was promoted to the rank of brigadier general. In December 1800 the nicknamed "Teulié Brigade" was attached to the division of General Brune, who was ordered to attack in the Tirol to cut the Austrian communication lines. The short campaign was a complete success, and Brune later write on him: "We due every praise to the unshackable courage and capable direction of General Teulié".
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