Claude Antoine Compère (21 May 1774 – 7 September 1812) was a French officer and later general who served during the

French Revolutionary The French Revolution ( ) was a period of radical political and societal change in France that began with the Estates General of 1789 and ended with the formation of the French Consulate in November 1799. Many of its ideas are consider ...

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Napoleonic Wars The Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815) were a series of major global conflicts pitting the French Empire and its allies, led by Napoleon I, against a fluctuating array of European states formed into various coalitions. It produced a period of Fren ...

. He was killed at the

Battle of Borodino The Battle of Borodino (). took place near the village of Borodino on during Napoleon's invasion of Russia. The ' won the battle against the Imperial Russian Army but failed to gain a decisive victory and suffered tremendous losses. Napoleon ...

. He was the younger brother of General

Louis Fursy Henri Compère Louis Fursy Henri Compère (16 January 1768 – 27 March 1833) was a French general of artillery in the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. Compère was born in Péronne, Somme. In 1794, he was promoted to ''chef de brigade'', ...

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French generals French Republican military leaders of the French Revolutionary Wars French commanders of the Napoleonic Wars 1774 births 1812 deaths Names inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe French military personnel killed in the Napoleonic Wars People from Châlons-en-Champagne {{France-mil-bio-stub