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Place of Birth: Grenoble, Auvergne-RhĂ´ne-Alpes, France
About Pierre Pouchot
- Captain Pierre Pouchot (April 8, 1712 – 1769) was a French military engineer and officer in the French regular army. He was born at Grenoble, France, son of a merchant.
- In 1733 he joined the regular army as a volunteer engineer and on May 1, 1734 was appointed a second lieutenant in the Regiment de Bearn.
- He later served in Italy, Flanders, and Germany and became an assistant adjutant within ten years.
- In the War of the Austrian Succession his engineering service won distinction and he received the Cross of the Order of St.
- Louis and in September, 1748 a Captain's commission. In 1754 during the French and Indian War his regiment was selected for service in Canada.
- He arrived at Fort Frontenac in July, 1755 and then was sent to Fort Niagara to improve its defenses.
- In July and August, 1756 he assisting in laying out the siege works in the Battle of Fort Oswego. After came construction in Montreal, then Fort Ticonderoga and Fort Frontenac.
- He was then given command of Fort Niagara (and Pouchot arrived briefly in Fort Rouillé in 1757, a settlement that eventually ended in British hands and is now known as Toronto).
- In October 1757, he was removed from his command at Fort Niagara and rejoined his regiment in Montreal.
- He was dispatched again as commander of Fort Niagara in March, 1759.
- He died May, 1769 on Corsica as a military engineer.
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