Jean Pierre François Bonet, Count of BonetOman (1902) spells the surname Bonnet (

Alençon Alençon (, , ; ) is a commune in Normandy, France, and the capital of the Orne department. It is situated between Paris and Rennes (about west of Paris) and a little over north of Le Mans. Alençon belongs to the intercommunality of Alen� ...

, 8 August 1768 –

, 23 November 1857) was a French military commander during the

French Revolutionary Wars The French Revolutionary Wars () were a series of sweeping military conflicts resulting from the French Revolution that lasted from 1792 until 1802. They pitted French First Republic, France against Kingdom of Great Britain, Great Britain, Habsb ...

and

Napoleonic Wars {{Infobox military conflict , conflict = Napoleonic Wars , partof = the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars , image = Napoleonic Wars (revision).jpg , caption = Left to right, top to bottom:Battl ...

. During the

Peninsular War The Peninsular War (1808–1814) was fought in the Iberian Peninsula by Kingdom of Portugal, Portugal, Spain and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom against the invading and occupying forces of the First French ...

, Bonet saw action at Gamonal (10 November 1808). Oman, Charles (1902)
''A History of the Peninsular War'', Vol. I, pp. 393, 422, 424, 429.
''Project Gutenberg''. Retrieved 15 April 2023. Both he and his commanding officer, Marshal

Marmont Auguste Frédéric Louis Viesse de Marmont, duc de Raguse (; 20 July 1774 – 22 March 1852) was a French general and nobleman who rose to the rank of Marshal of the Empire and was awarded the title (). In the Peninsular War Marmont succeeded th ...

, were wounded by shrapnel at the

Battle of Salamanca The Battle of Salamanca (in French and Spanish known as the Battle of the Arapiles) took place on 22July 1812. An Anglo-Portuguese Army, Anglo-Portuguese army under the Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Earl of Wellington (future ...

. Bonet is among the names of French military leaders inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe.

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* Gates, David (1986). ''The Spanish Ulcer: A History of the Peninsular War''. Pimlico 2002. * Pope, Stephen (1999). ''The Cassel Dictionary of the Napoleonic Wars''. Cassel. . * Schneid, Frederick C. (2011). ''The French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars''. Mainz: Institute of European History. {{DEFAULTSORT:Bonet, Jean Pierre Francois 1768 births 1857 deaths French military personnel of the French Revolutionary Wars French generals French commanders of the Napoleonic Wars Military personnel from Alençon Counts of France Names inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe