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Jean-André Valletaux

Jean-André Valletaux

French military commander

Jean-André Valletaux (23 November 1773 in Hiersac – 23 June 1811 Cogorderos) was a French military commander during the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars, a brigadier in the Peninsular War, and Commander of the Legion of Honour.

Jean-André Valletaux

Valletaux died as commander of the French forces at the Battle of Cogorderos, in Spain.[1]

His name is inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe.

References

  1. [1]
    Oman, Charles (1911). A History of the Peninsular War, Vol. IV, p. 467. Project Gutenberg. Retrieved 23 April 2023.

Bibliography

  • Gates, David (1986). The Spanish Ulcer: A History of the Peninsular War. Pimlico 2002. ISBN 0712697306
  • Pope, Stephen (1999). The Cassel Dictionary of the Napoleonic Wars. Cassel. ISBN 0-304-35229-2.
  • Schneid, Frederick C. (2011). The French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Mainz: Institute of European History.
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