Étienne Heudelet de Bierre (12 November 1770 – 20 April 1857) joined the French army as a volunteer lieutenant in 1792. A year later he became a staff officer for a number of generals before becoming

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in 1795. He fought under

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in the 1796 campaign and fought at

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. He became a

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in 1799, leading his troops at the

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and

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battles of Zurich. In April 1800 he was a brigade commander in

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's division in Moreau's army. In December of that year he fought at

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under

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. In the 1805 campaign, Heudelet distinguished himself at

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and

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while leading a III Corps brigade. Appointed

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in December 1805, he was put in command of a

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division in May 1806. In the

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led his division at

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, Kołoząb, Golymin, and Eylau. October 1808 found him in command of a

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division in Spain. His unit was soon transferred to the II Corps and fought in

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's invasion of Portugal at

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in 1809. Heudelet briefly led II Corps in January 1810 before returning to the command of his division. He participated in

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's invasion of Portugal, fighting at Bussaco in 1810. His division was not engaged at

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and he was sent home soon afterward. In the 1812 campaign he commanded a reserve division in the

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. At the end of the lengthy Siege of Danzig he became an Allied prisoner in November 1813. After first submitting to King

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, Heudelet rejoined

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during the

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and led a division on the

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front. After Waterloo he was placed on the inactive list and retired from the army in 1819. Restored to favor after the

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of 1830, he became an

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of infantry until 1835 when he again went on the inactive list. He died in 1857. HEUDELET is one of the

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, on Column 17.

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