Joseph Hélie Désiré Perruquet de Montrichard

Joseph Hélie Désiré Perruquet de Montrichard (24 January 1760, Thoirette - 5 April 1828) was a French general of the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars.^[1] His name is inscribed on the north side of the Arc de Triomphe.

Montrichard commanded the right wing at the Battle of Trebbia in June 1799.^[1] In his final action he surrendered Dubronvik to an Anglo Austrian force under William Hoste in January 1814.

Notes

1 2 Thomas 2013, p. 1758.

References

Thomas, Joseph (1892), Universal pronouncing dictionary of biography and mythology, 2, Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, p. 1758

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