Pierre Jadart Dumerbion, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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French general
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Place of Birth: Montmeillant, Grand Est, France
About Pierre Jadart Dumerbion
- Pierre Jadart Dumerbion or Pierre Jadart du Merbion (30 April 1737 – 25 February 1797) joined the French army as a junior officer in 1754 and fought in the Seven Years' War.
- As an experienced officer, he was promoted to colonel in 1792 at the start of the French Revolutionary Wars.
- He soon became a general officer and found himself commanding the Army of Italy.
- In April 1794 he won the Battle of Saorgio over the armies of Habsburg Austria and the Kingdom of Sardinia-Piedmont by using a strategic plan drawn up by his newly appointed artillery officer, Napoleon Bonaparte.
- Though he was the victor, Dumerbion was unable to personally take the field because of his age and poor health.
- In September 1794, his army again beat the Coalition forces at the First Battle of Dego.
- He retired in 1795 and died in 1797.
- DUMERBION is one of the names inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe on Column 23.
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