Jacques François Dugommier

Jacques François Dugommier ( born August 1, 1738 in Trois- Rivières, Guadeloupe, † November 18, 1794 in San Lorenzo de la Muga, Catalonia, native Jacques François Coquille ) was a French general.

Life

At the age of thirteen Coquille joined the army. Because of his achievements, he was awarded the high military orders Croix de Saint Louis. In the rank of Lieutenant - colonel, he resigned from the service and went to the French Caribbean island of Martinique, where he came to considerable wealth in the plantation economy and its name in 1785 by " Coquille " in " Dugommier " changed. At the outbreak of the French Revolution, he received the rank of colonel in the National Guard and defended with his revolutionary troops loyal to seven months, the Fort Saint Pierre.

In 1792 he went to France, refused a seat as a deputy of the National Convention and became in 1793 the rank of Général de brigade of the Army of Italy allocated. As of November 1793, he commanded after the dismissal of Général Carteaux the siege of Toulon and was on January 16, 1794 as commander of the Armée des Pyrénées orientales determined. On April 30, 1794, he defeated the Spanish under General Union in the Battle of Boulou. On September 17, he succeeded the recapture of Fort Bellegarde Le Perthus. On November 18, 1794, he fell at the Battle of San Lorenzo de la Muga. His grave is visible in Perpignan.

Honors

His name is inscribed on the Arc de Triomphe in Paris in the 33 column.