Louis Partouneaux (26 September 1770 – 14 January 1835) led an infantry division during the

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. He joined the army of the First French Republic in 1791 and fought the Sardinians. He served at

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in 1793 and at Rivoli and

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in 1797. He fought at

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and

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in 1799 and received promotion to general officer. At Novi later that year he was wounded and captured. Promoted again, he commanded a division at Caldiero in 1805 and in

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in 1806. At the

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in 1812 his division was surrounded and he was captured. After the

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he was elected to the Chamber of Deputies in 1824. He held various posts until his retirement in 1832 and died of a stroke in 1835. Partouneaux is one of the

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on Column 26.

Career

He was a brigadier in Joseph Hélie Désiré Perruquet de Montrichard's division at the

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on 5 April 1799. His command included 1,000 French soldiers of the 3rd Line Demi-Brigade and 800 men of the 1st Battalion of the 2nd Polish Legion. The other brigadier in the division was

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. At 5:00 PM the village of Dossobuono was captured. Later that evening the Austrians launched a powerful counterattack which recaptured Dossobuono despite strong resistance by Partouneaux's brigade. In 1812, Partouneaux was appointed commander of the 12th Division, which was part of Marshal

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. The 1st Brigade consisted of the 10th and 29th Line Infantry Regiments, the 2nd Brigade included the 125th Line and a Provisional Line Infantry Regiment, while the 3rd Brigade had the 44th and 126th Line Infantry Regiments. The provisional regiment was formed from individual battalions of the 36th, 51st, and 55th Line.Post (1910), p. 533

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