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Antoine Simon Durrieu
Antoine Simon Durrieu was a French people, French General officer, General and politician. He was born on 20 July 1775 in Grenade-sur-l'Adour (Landes (department), Landes) and died on 7 April 1862 in Saint-Sever (Landes (department), Landes).List of his parliamentary terms and biography on the site of the French National Assembly''Antoine, Simon Durrieu (1775 - 1862)''/ref> Life Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars Son of a notary, he studied at the seminary of Aire-sur-l'Adour and left it in 1793 to go, with the corps of the National Guard (France), National Guards of Bayonne, to the banks of the ''Bidasoa'' to keep the positions that the troop of line could not occupy at the borders. In 1795, he became Captain of the Basque volunteers. He then joined in 1795 in the Army of the Eastern Pyrenees. Following the peace concluded with Spain, he crossed into Italy and fought in Tyrol with Generals Barthélemy Catherine Joubert, Joubert and Augustin Daniel Belliard, Belliard. Aft ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grenade-sur-l'Adour
Grenade-sur-l'Adour (, literally ''Grenade on the Adour''; oc, Granada d'Ador) is a Communes of France, commune in the Landes (department), Landes Departments of France, department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. Geography The town is located between two larger towns of Aire-sur-l'Adour and Mont-de-Marsan. Population Sights Areas of interest include a 15th-century bastide and a Catholic church of the same era. References See also *Communes of the Landes department Communes of Landes (department) {{Landes-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
