Generals of Napoleon�s Hundred Days
Officers promoted from the rank of General-de-Brigade to General-de-Division
and one to the rank of Marechal
By: Tony Broughton
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Bizanet (Guislain-Laurent)
Born: 10 August 1755
Chef-de-Brigade: 1792
General-de-Brigade: 22 August 1793
General-de-Division: 14 April 1815
Wounds received during the period 1792-1815:
None
Died: 18 April 1838
Brouard
(Etienne)
Born: 29 August 1765
General-de-Brigade: 1 February 1805
General-de-Division: 19 May 1815
Chevalier of the Legion d'Honneur:
Officer of the Legion d'Honneur: 14 June 1804
Baron of the Empire: 29 July 1808
Wounds received during the period 1792-1815:
1 January 1800 and 4July 1800
Died: 23 April 1833

General Piere Cambronne
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Cambronne
(Pierre-Jaques-Etienne)����
Born: 26 December 1770
Colonel-Major: 6 August 1811 (3e Regiment
de Voltigeurs de la Garde Imperiale)
Colonel-Major: 14 September 1813 (2e Regiment de Chasseurs
a Pied de la Garde Imperiale)
Colonel-Major: 20 November 1813 (1er Regiment Chasseurs
a Pied de la Garde Imperiale)
Major-Colonel: 13 April 1815 (1er Regiment Chasseurs a
Pied de la Garde Imperiale)
General-de-Brigade: 20 November 1813
General-de-Division: 20 March 1815
Chevalier of the Legion d'Honneur: 14 June 1804
Officer of the Legion d'Honneur: 16 January 1807
Commander of the Legion d'Honneur: 6 April 1813
Grand Officer of the Legion d'Honneur: 1 April 1815
Baron of the Empire: 4 June 1810
Count of the Empire: 2 June 1815
Wounds received during the period 1792-1815:
27 February 1814, 6 March 1814 and 18 June 1815
Died: 29 January 1842
Chabert (Theodore)
Born: 16 March 1758
General-de-Brigade: 23 Decebr 1793
General-de-Division: 17 April 1815
Commander of the Legion d'Honneur: 14 June
1804
Wounds received during the period 1792-1815:
None
Died: 27 April 1845
Chapt de Rastignac-Jenilhac
(Antoine)
Born: 19 June 1776
Colonel: 20 April 1809
General-de-Brigade: 5 February 1813 (In the
service of Joseph Bonaparte)
General-de-Division: 21 April 1815
Wounds received during the period 1792-1815:
11 August 1796
Died: 31 October 1862
Colaud de la Salcette (Jean-Jacques-Bernadin)
Born: 27 December 1759
General-de-Brigade: 29 October 1795
General-de-Division: 22 March 1815
Commander of the Legion d'Honneur: 14 June
1804
Baron of the Empire: 18 May 1811
Wounds received during the period 1792-1815:
23 October 1798
Died: 3 September 1834
D�Alton-Shee
(Alexandre)
Born: 20 April 1778
Chef-de-Brigade: 7 November 1802
Colonel: 21 December 1805 (59e Regiment
d'Infanterie de Ligne)
General-de-Brigade: 21 March 1809
General-de-Division: 13 April 1815
Baron of the Empire: 15 January 1810
Wounds received during the period 1792-1815:
17 August 1812
Died: 20 March 1859
Delort
(Marie-Joseph-Raymond)
Born: 28 September 1769
General-de-Brigade: 6 August 1811
General-de-Division: 21 June 1815
Commander of the Legion d'Honneur: 14 June
1813
Wounds received during the period 1792-1815:
25 March 1814
Died: 25 July 1846
Jordy
(Nicolas-Louis)
Born: 14 September 1758
General-de-Brigade: 5 April 1794
General-de-Division: 3 June 1815
Officer of the Legion d'Honneur: 15 June 1804
Chevalier of the Empire: 12 November 1811
Wounds received during the period 1792-1815:
11 June 1793, 3 January 1794, 20 November 1794 and 20 April 1797
Died: 7 June 1825
Lallemand (Francois-Antoine)
Born: 23 June 1774
Colonel: 20 November 1806 (27e Regiment
de Dragons)
General-de-Brigade: 6 August 1811
General-de-Division: 30 March 1815
Baron of the Empire: 29 June 1808
Wounds received during the period 1792-1815:
8 May 1809, 22 June 1811and 18 June 1815
Died: 9 March 1839
Leclerc des Essarts (Nicolas)
Born: 25 April 1770
General-de-Brigade: 29 September 1808
General-de-Division: 15 May 1815
Commander of the Legion d'Honneur: 21 September
1809
Count of the Empire: 9 December 1809
Wounds received during the period 1792-1815:
October 1812
Died: 18 May 1820
Meunier de Saint Clair (Benoit)
Born: 28 November 1769
Colonel: 17 November 1808 (2e Regiment d'Infanterie Legere)
Colonel: 22 July 1809 (31e Regiment d'Infanterie Legere)
Colonel: 5 September 1809 (63e Regiment
d'Infanterie de Ligne)
General-de-Brigade: 4 August 1813
General-de-Division: 25 March 1815
Wounds received during the period 1792-1815:
1792, 14 June 1800, 25 December 1800 and 1 August 1813Died:
4 January 1845
Pannetier
(Claude-Joseph)
Born: 28 November 1769
Chef-de-Brigade: 13 October 1799
General-de-Brigade: 29 August 1803
General-de-Division: 16 April 1815
Commander of the Legion d'Honneur: 14 June
1804
Wounds received during the period 1792-1815:
1794 and 14 January 1797
Died: 3 September 1843
Simmer (Francois-Martin-Valentin)
Born: 7 August 1778
General-de-Brigade: 8 October 1812
General-de-Division: 21 April 1815
Commander of the Legion d'Honneur: 4 May 1813
Baron of the Empire: 15 August 1809
Wounds received during the period 1792-1815:
2 March 1793, 16 May 1794, 31 August 1795, 10 June 1807, 22 May 1809,
5 September 1812 and 22 August 1813
Died: 30 July 1847
Simon
(Edouard-Francois)
Born: 1 December 1769
Chef-de-Brigade: 6 July 1797
General-de-Brigade: 27 July 1799
General-de-Division: 22 May 1815
Baron of the Empire: 12 November 1811
Wounds received during the period 1792-1815:
27 September 1810
Died: 13 April 1827
Veaux
(Antoine-Joseph)
Born: 17 September 1764
General-de-Brigade: 10 March 1797
General-de-Division: 15 March 1815
Commander of the Legion d'Honneur: 14 June
1804
Baron of the Empire: 29 January 1809
Wounds received during the period 1792-1815:
25 April 1799
Died: 24 September 1817

Marshal Emmanuel Grouchy
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Grouchy (Emmanuel)
Born: 23 October 1766
Colonel: 1 February 1792 (2e Regiment
de Dragons)
Colonel: 8 July 1792 (6e Regiment de Hussards)
General-de-Brigade: 7 September 1792
General-de-Division: 13 June 1795
Marechal de l'Empire: 15 April 1815
Member of the Legion d'Honneur: 11 Decenber 1803
Grand Officer of the Legion d'Honneur: 14 June 1807
Grand Aigle of the Legion d'Honneur: 13 July 1807Wounds
received during the period 1792-1815: 15 August 1799, 7 September
1812 and 23 February 1814
Died: 27 May 1847
Between the period the 1 July 1815 and the 6 July
1815 a further five officers were promoted to the rank of General-de-Division
by the Commision Executive du Gouvernment Provisoire they were as follows.
Bonnemains (Pierre) - 3 July 1815
Borrelli (Charles-Paulin) - 6 July 1815
Gengoult (Louis-Thomas) - 5 July 1815
Picquet (Cyrille-Paulin) - 6 July 1815
Vallin (Louis) - 3 July 1815
Placed on the Napoleon Series: February 2006
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