Pierre Charles Pouzet, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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French officer
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Place of Birth: Poitiers, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
About Pierre Charles Pouzet
- Pierre Charles Pouzet, baron de Saint-Charles (b.
- 11 July 1766 – d.
- 22 May 1809) was a French general who was killed at the battle of Aspern-Essling. Born in Poitiers, Pouzet entered the French army as a volunteer in 1782 and by 1791 had been promoted to sergeant-major.
- In 1793 he was promoted to lieutenant and to captain.
- As a lieutenant Pouzet served as drill instructor and mentor to the young Jean Lannes, with whom he forged a lifelong friendship.
- He served with the Army of the Eastern Pyrenees in the campaigns against Spain (1793-1794) and became a battalion commander by 1795.
- He then transferred to the Army of Italy, with which he fought in the Italian campaigns.
- In September 1800 he was given command of a battalion of the Consular Guard.
- In 1803 he became colonel of the 10th Infantry regiment, which he led in the campaigns of 1805 and 1806-1807, fighting at Austerlitz, Jena and Eylau.
- In February 1807 Pouzet was promoted to general de brigade and in 1808 he led a brigade in the division of Sebastiani in Spain.
- He temporarily served as chief of staff to his old friend Marshal Lannes and fought at Tudela before returning to his brigade command.
- In October 1808 he was ennobled as a baron. On the outbreak of the War of the Fifth Coalition, Pouzet commanded a brigade in the division of Saint-Hilaire, with which he served at Landshut, Eckmühl and Essling.
- On the second day of Essling, while conversing with his old friend Lannes, Pouzet was decapitated by a cannonball.
- Lannes was mortally wounded by a cannonball minutes later.
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