Claude Dallemagne
Claude Dallemagne, actually Claude d' Allemagne ( born November 8, 1754 Peyrieu, † June 24, 1813 in Nemours ) was a French general of the infantry.
Life
Dallemagne came from a family that had its roots in Provence; He was the only son of Balthazar d' Allemagne (1710-1772) and his wife Marie Lasalle ( 1731-1799 ). His school, he graduated at the College in Belley.
When his father died in 1773, Dallemagne changed the spelling of his family name and called himself his life only Dallemagne. In the same year he joined as a volunteer in the army.
In 1777 he sailed from Toulon under the command of Admiral Charles Henri d' Estaing in the Caribbean and fought his Dominica and St. Vincent against the British. Right on the War of Independence they participated at the siege of Savannah (September / October 1779).
Dallemagne returned to France was, inter alia, some time stationed in Grenoble. Later he came with the rank of Captain to Italy army and fought among others in the Battle of Moulinet and was there wounded. He participated in the siege of Toulon (September / December 1793 ) partly already in the rank of General de Brigade.
He later transferred to the staff of Napoleon and fought bravely in Lodi (10 May 1796), Lonato ( 2 / August 3, 1796 ), Castiglione ( August 5, 1796 ) and Mantua (June 1796/Februar 1797).
On February 19, 1800 married General Dallemand in his hometown Jeanne -Christine Gaudet ( 1785-1849 ) and had with her two sons, Clément ( 1801-1825 ) and Claudius ( 1801-1867 ).
1810 Dallemand put his offices and settled in his native city. During a trip from Paris back home he died on 24 June 1813 in Nemours and found his final resting place.