Louis Henri Loison, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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French general
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Place of Birth: Damvillers, Grand Est, France
About Louis Henri Loison
- Louis Henri Loison (16 May 1771 – 30 December 1816) briefly joined the French Army in 1787 and after the French Revolution became a junior officer.
- Blessed with military talent and courage, he rapidly rose to general officer rank during the French Revolutionary Wars.
- He also got into difficulties because of his fondness for plundering.
- In late 1795 he helped Napoleon Bonaparte crush a revolt against the government.
- After a hiatus, he returned in 1799 to fight in Switzerland where he earned another promotion.
- In 1800 he commanded a division under Napoleon in the Marengo Campaign. In 1805, Loison led a division in Napoleon's Grande Armée during the Ulm Campaign and served in the War of the Fourth Coalition in 1806 and 1807.
- He saw much action in the Peninsular War including all three invasions of Portugal, though not always with distinction.
- In Portugal he earned a bad name for his harshness and the inhabitants called him Maneta or One-Hand.
- For a brief period, he commanded Michel Ney's famous VI Corps.
- During the French invasion of Russia he assembled a reserve division, which was later destroyed by the extreme cold weather.
- He served in the War of the Sixth Coalition before a harsh rebuke from the emperor effectively ended his military career.
- Loison is one of the names inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe.
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