Jean François Graindorge
Jean François Graindorge (1 July 1770 – 1 October 1810) became a brigade commander during the Napoleonic Wars and was mortally wounded while leading his troops against the British at the Battle of Bussaco in Portugal. His surname is one of the names inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe, on Column 38.
Jean François Graindorge | |
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| Born | 1 July 1770 Saint-Pois, Normandy, France |
| Died | 1 October 1810 (aged 40) Carquejo, Portugal |
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| Service/ | Infantry |
| Years of service | 1787–1812 |
| Rank | General of Division |
| Battles/wars | Flanders Campaign (1792–1794) Battle of Neuwied (1797) Battle of Dürrenstein (1805) Battle of Saalfeld (1806) Battle of Jena (1806) Battle of Pułtusk (1806) Battle of Ostrołęka (1807) Invasion of Portugal (1807) Battle of Bussaco (1810) |
| Awards | Légion d'Honneur, CC 1804 |
| Other work | Baron of the Empire, 1809 |
Career
On 1 July 1770 Graindorge was born at Saint-Pois in the province of Normandy in France. He joined the French army on 20 September 1791 as a lieutenant of the 1st Orne Volunteer Battalion. This unit soon became part of the 37th Line Infantry Demi-Brigade and fought with the Army of the North in 1792 and 1793. Graindorge was wounded by a bullet in the right thigh near Maubeuge on 11 June 1792.[1]
Notes
- Mullié (1852), Graindorge
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References
- Broughton, Tony. "French Infantry Regiments and the Colonels Who Led Them: 1791 to 1815: Part IV". The Napoleon Series. Retrieved 18 December 2012.
- Chandler, David G. (2005). Jena 1806: Napoleon Destroys Prussia. Westport, Conn.: Praeger Publishers. ISBN 0-275-98612-8.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Gates, David (2002). The Spanish Ulcer: A History of the Peninsular War. London: Pimlico. ISBN 0-7126-9730-6.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Mullié, Charles (1852). Biographie des célébrités militaires des armées de terre et de mer de 1789 a 1850 (in French). Paris.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Oman, Charles (2010). A History of the Peninsular War Volume I. La Vergne, Tenn.: Kessinger Publishing. ISBN 1432636820.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Oman, Charles (1996). A History of the Peninsular War Volume III. Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania: Stackpole. ISBN 1-85367-223-8.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Smith, Digby (1998). The Napoleonic Wars Data Book. London: Greenhill. ISBN 1-85367-276-9.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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