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Honoré Vial

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Dictionnaire biographique des généraux et amiraux français de la Révolution et de l'Empire: 1792–1814
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in August, where Napoleon won a victory against Coalition forces despite being heavily outnumbered.
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From 1802 to 1809 Vial served in a diplomatic capacity, first as an envoy to the
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and joined the navy in 1788 at the age of 22. In 1794 he was present at the
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the following year. He led the 6th Division as part of the II Corps under
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French Republican military leaders of the French Revolutionary Wars
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French military personnel killed in the Napoleonic Wars
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as a lieutenant in the infantry and later served as an
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Antibes
Battle of Leipzig

Kingdom of France

Kingdom of France

French Republic

French Empire
Legion of Honor
[ɔnɔʁevjal]
French Revolutionary Wars
Napoleonic Wars
Antibes
Siege of Bastia
aide-de-camp
Jean Pierre Maurice de Rochon
Antoine Guillaume Delmas
Army of the North (France)
Flanders Campaign
War of the First Coalition
chef de brigade
colonel
Army of the Alps
Army of Italy
light infantry
Italian campaigns of the French Revolutionary Wars
Napoleon Bonaparte

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