Georges Mouton,

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(21 February 1770 – 27 November 1838) was a French soldier and political figure who rose to the rank of

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Biography

Born in Phalsbourg, Lorraine, he enlisted in the French Revolutionary Army in 1792. Serving in the early campaigns of the

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, he by 1800 he was promoted to the rank of

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. He was promoted to '' général de brigade'' in 1805, after the establishment of the

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, and to '' général de division'' in 1807. Mouton distinguished himself in the battles of

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and

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. In 1810, he was created

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in recognition of his role in the battle of Aspern. During the Russian Campaign, he acted as a senior '' aide-de-camp'' to Emperor

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. He then served with distinction during the 1813 campaign, seeing action at the Battles of

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and Bautzen. After Dominique Vandamme was made prisoner during the battle of Kulm, Lobau commanded the retreat of the remnants of the corps. He served under Laurent Gouvion Saint-Cyr when, upon the retreat after the

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, the latter was trapped in

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and after the surrender of these forces he became a prisoner of the

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for the rest of the war. During the

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, Lobau rallied to Napoleon and was made commander of the VI Infantry Corps which he led in the battles of

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and

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. At the

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he distinguished himself in the defense of Plancenoit against the Prussians. After the Second Restoration, Lobau was forced to go into exile until he was allowed to return to France in 1818. He was elected to the House of Representatives from 1828 to 1830 as a liberal, and, in 1830, he joined the

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as commander of the National Guard. As a reward for his services to

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Louis-Philippe he was made a Marshal in 1831, the same year he was made a

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. In 1832 and 1834, Lobau was assigned to suppress insurrections, a task in which he was successful. Mouton died in Paris in 1838

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