Nicolas Hyacinthe Gautier (1774,

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–1809) was a French general of the

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. He was fatally injured at the

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, and died in Vienna a week later. His name is inscribed on column 18 of the

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References

*Vicomte Révérend, Armorial du premier empire, tome 2, Honoré Champion, libraire, Paris, 1897, p. 218. *Prosper Jean Levot, Biographie Bretonne, recueil de notice sur tous les bretons qui se sont fait un nom Éditeur : Cauderan, Vannes et Dumoulin, Paris, 1852 1774 births 1809 deaths Generals of the First French Empire People from Côtes-d'Armor Names inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe French military personnel killed in the Napoleonic Wars Officiers of the Légion d'honneur {{France-mil-bio-stub