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Jean Victor Marie Moreau (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ viktɔʁ maʁi mɔʁo], 14 February 1763 – 2 September 1813) was a French general who helped Napoleon Bonaparte rise to power, but later became his chief military and political rival and was banished to the United States. [1] He is among the foremost French generals in military history ...
On 16 May, Moreau sent Victor on a strong reconnaissance east toward Tortona. [15] Jean Victor Moreau. The French crossed the Bormida at a point called The Cedars. At 8:00 am they split into two columns with General of Brigade Louis Léonard (Luigi Leonardo) Colli-Ricci on the left and General of Brigade Gaspard Amédée Gardanne on the right ...
Jean Victor Moreau. Moreau's main defensive position consisted of four divisions facing east. From north to south, these were commanded by General of Division Claude Legrand (7,900), General of Brigade Louis Bastoul (6,300), General of Division Michel Ney (9,600) and General of Division Emmanuel Grouchy (8,600). The divisions of Legrand ...
General of Division Jean Victor Marie Moreau, 19 October – 4 December 1794; General of Division Pichegru, 5 December 1794 – 20 March 1795; General of Division Moreau, 21 March 1795 – 29 March 1796; General Joseph Souham, 30 March – 3 April 1796; General Pierre de Ruel, marquis de Beurnonville, 4 April – 15 September 1796
Another authority, Ramsay Weston Phipps noted that Moreaux was often spelled "Moreau" and confused with the more famous Jean Victor Marie Moreau. [6] In fact, Jean Victor Moreau was not promoted to general of division until 14 April 1794. [7] Moreaux led 12,000 men to attack the Prussian camp at Pirmasens. The Prussians were on the alert and ...
Probably the weightiest possible obstacles to a coup were in the army. Some generals, such as Jean-Baptiste Jourdan, believed in republicanism; others, such as Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte, believed themselves capable of governing France. Napoleon worked on the feelings of all, keeping secret his own intentions.
The War of the Second Coalition (French: Guerre de la Deuxième Coalition) (1798/9 – 1801/2, depending on periodisation) was the second war targeting revolutionary France by many European monarchies, led by Britain, Austria, and Russia and including the Ottoman Empire, Portugal, Naples and various German monarchies.
Lazare Carnot, the Director who oversaw military affairs, planned a new campaign against Austria, using three armies: General Jean-Baptiste Jourdan's Army of Sambre-et-Meuse on the Rhine and General Jean Victor Moreau's Army of the Rhine and Moselle on the Danube would march to Vienna and dictate a peace.