Jean-Baptiste Dumonceau

Leone Dumonceau Baptiste, Count of Bergdahl (pronounced dümongßoh, Jean- Baptiste, born November 7, 1760 Brussels, † December 29, 1821 in Brussels) was a Dutch officer and Marshal of Holland.

Work

Dumonceau participated in the 1787 revolt of the Netherlands against Austria and went after the Brabant revolution had been suppressed in 1790, to France. In 1793 he received an honor at Jemappes and Neerwinden the rank of brigadier general. 1794 Dumonceau fought under Pichegru in Holland and was appointed commander of Amsterdam. In 1795 he appeared as Lieutenant-General in the service of the Batavian Republic in 1799 and beat the invading Russians in Holland and the English at the Battle of Bergen. In 1807 he was appointed Marshal of Holland. He then proposed in 1809 the English again in Walcheren.

After unification, the Republic of France Dumonceau was provided by Napoleon at the head of the 2nd Army Division and appointed the Earl of Bergdahl. 1813 took Dumonceau the war in Germany and part sales on August 26 in Dresden, the Russians sent from the heights of Pirna and led after the defeat at Kulm his troops between the Prussian and Austrian corps main army back.

1815 Dumonceau different from the French service, and returned to Brussels.

Honors

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

• Military person (Netherlands)
• Military person (France )
• Member of the Legion of Honour ( Grand Officer )
• Netherlander
• Person in the Napoleonic Wars
• Born in 1760
• Died in 1821
• Man