Jean-Pierre-Hugues Cambacérès

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Jean-Pierre-Hugues Cambacérès , Baron Cambacérès , born the November 13rd 1778 with Montpellier (Herault) and died with Paris in September 1826, was a general French XIXe century, brother of Jean-Jacques Régis of Cambacérès.

Rider, the September 20th 1793, in the 14th regiment of hunters has horse, it made the campaigns of 1793 at year III with the armies of the Alps and of the Pyrenees, attended with the seat and the Bataille of Figuières, where it had a horse killed under him and accepted a blow of saber on it head; with the seats of Nice, of Lyon, Toulon and Bellegarde, it was named second lieutenant with the 23e regiment, in pluviôse year III.

It joined this body with the Armée with the West, was with the Combat of Pontivy, and served as year IV at year VII with the armies of North and Sambre-and-Meuse. It was pointed out with the Combat of Nassau, where a ball struck it with the shoulder, the battles of Neuwied and Zurich, to the combat and the Prise of Schaffhouse; in this last business, a ball wounded it in the thigh, and it lost a horse killed under him.

Lieutenant the 14 fructidor year VII, captain the 27 frimaire year VIII, sent to the Armée with the Rhine, the 2 germinal one, in the capacity as assistant of the general staff, it took share with the battles of Bataille of Stockach and Moeskirch, the 13 and the 15 floréal. Wounded to Moeskirch of a blow of saber to the front armlever right, and promoted with the rank of major, the 7 vendémiaire year IX, it gave new evidence of value in the day of the 10 frimaire, and with that of the 12, with Hohenlinden, the head of a squadron of hunters, which it had joined; he accepted in this last battle a blow of saber to the upper lip.

Appointed adjudant-commander, the 9 nivôse year XI, it passed the 12 vendémiaire year XII to the division of cavalry, gathered with the Camp of Saint-Omer. Member and officer of the Legion of honor, the 15 pluviôse and 20 meadow year XII, and attached in the month, of vendémiaire year XIV with the 4th body of the Large army, it made in Germany and Prussia the campaigns of year XIV with 1806.

Brigadier general the July 10th 1806, and employed the September 24th with the 6th body, it there passed the 1807, made the Campagne of Poland and left for the Spain in 1808. At that time, Napoleon i created it Baron of the Empire. The September 25th 1810, it took the command of the department of Indre-et-Loire, which it left the June 11th 1814 for that of the Aveyron. Placed in non-activity the September 25th 1814, Knight of Saint-Louis the July 17th 1816, and included/understood like available the December 30th 1818, in the general staff, it was allowed with the retirement on February 1st 1824. This general officer died in Paris, in September 1826.

A son: Marie Jean Pierre Pierre Hubert de Cambacérès.

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