Louis Auguste Marchand Plauzonne (7 July 1774 – 7 September 1812) became a general officer during the

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. He was killed while leading his brigade at the Battle of Borodino. PLAUZONNE is one of the

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, on Column 12.

Career

Plauzonne became colonel of the 5th Line Infantry Regiment on 5 August 1806. This unit fought under Auguste Marmont in the Dalmatian Campaign of 1809. He was promoted to

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on 5 June 1809. He was made a Baron of the Empire on 14 April 1810.Broughton (2001), ''Plauzonne'' He was assigned to command an interior post in

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and

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. After Spanish guerillas seized the Sant Ferran Castle on 10 April 1811, he led an infantry division at the Siege of Figueras. His command included four battalions of the 3rd Light Infantry Regiment, three battalions of the 11th Line, and one battalion of the 32nd Light. He was made a Commander of the

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on 6 December 1811. During the French invasion of Russia, Plauzonne commanded the 2nd Brigade of

Alexis Joseph Delzons Alexis Joseph Delzons (1775October 24, 1812) was a French general of the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. He was killed in the Battle of Maloyaroslavets. His surname is one of the names inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe, on Col ...

' 13th Division in the IV Corps of

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. The units under his command were four battalions each of the 92nd and 106th Line Infantry Regiments. The 13th Division fought at the

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on 25 July 1812. Plauzonne was killed at the Battle of Borodino on 7 September.Smith (1998), 391

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