François Goullus, was a brigadier general and ''baron'' of the First French Empire during the

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and the

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Biography

Goullus was born 4 November 1758 in

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( Rhone), entered service as a soldier 28 October 1776 in the regiment of the Crown (45th Infantry), and was successively promoted to corporal on 1 December 1778, sergeant on 28 November 1779, Staff Sergeant on 22 June 1787, and Warrant officer on 24 December 1789.. He received a

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's commission on 15 September 1791, was immediately promoted to

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and obtained the rank of captain 26 September 1792. The firmness with which he defended the passage of the

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against the Black Legion attracted the attention of the commander, who appointed him

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on 30 October 1792. At Battle of Jemmapes he commanded the 2nd Battalion of the 45th Regiment, almost entirely composed of recruits. After the Siege of Namur, which he had helped to organize, Goullus had the command of the city and its castle. In 1799, as part of the

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, he crossed the Rhine near Basel. After the

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, Goulus supported the retreat of part of the army from Pfullendorf. Later, he orchestrated a complicated crossing of the ''Oberhin'', the High Rhine, by the convent of Paradies, and took the village of Buzingen at bayonet point. He also participated in the second Battle of Stockach on 3 May 1800, the

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of 5 May 1800, and the Battle of Memmingen on 10 May 1800, where he was wounded by gunshot that went through his right cheek. After the peace in 1801, he was assigned command in

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, and then in the

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(10 military division). He was created ''Baron of the Empire'' in 1809. He returned to France on leave May 15, 1810, and was appointed commander of weapons in Amsterdam January 2, 1811. In June of that year, he applied for admission to the

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. He retired on 24 February 1814, General Goullus was named Knight of the

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on 20 August and died in Brie ( Ariège) 7 September of that year.

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