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Place of Birth: Aillianville, Grand Est, France
About Jean-Baptiste Salme
- Jean-Baptiste Salme or Salm (18 November 1766 – 27 May 1811) led French troops in several actions during the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars.
- Several times he landed in trouble by associating with the wrong people, including his wife who tried to kill him.
- He served alongside Jacques MacDonald when they were both generals of brigade in the Flanders Campaign in 1794.
- Still commanding only a brigade, he served in MacDonald's army in Italy during 1799 and in Spain during 1810. In 1784, he joined a dragoon regiment in the French Royal Army in 1784.
- He emerged as the commanding officer of the 3rd Infantry Demi-brigade in the Army of the Rhine in 1793.
- He led his unit at Haguenau and Second Wissembourg.
- In 1794, he transferred to northeast France and was promoted to general officer, subsequently fighting at Tourcoing, Tournay and Hooglede.
- After besieging and capturing the fortress of Grave he was on occupation duty in Belgium and Holland. Salme's friendship with the traitor Jean-Charles Pichegru caused him to be unemployed for over a year.
- He served in Italy in 1798 and led the army advance guard at the Trebbia in 1799 where he was wounded and captured by the Austrians.
- In 1802 he went on the Saint-Domingue expedition to Haiti but was sent home early, possibly for having a sexual liaison with Pauline Bonaparte.
- Then his wife tried to poison him and he was retired from the army.
- In 1809 he briefly led a second-line outfit in the Walcheren Campaign.
- The following year he was given a brigade and served in Catalonia.
- He was killed in action during the Siege of Tarragona in 1811.
- His surname is one of the names inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe, on Column 38.
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