Jacques Maurice Hatry (

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, 12 February 1742 – Paris, 30 November 1802) was a French general. A

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on the outbreak of the

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, he rose to

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in 1794 and fought with distinction in the

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, des

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and

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at the Battle of Fleurus and blockade of Luxembourg (where he forced a garrison of 12,000 men to surrender). In the armée de Sambre-et-Meuse, in the 1796 campaign, he was made général en chef of the armée de Mayence. In June 1798 he replaced general

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as commander of the troops stationed in the

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. He was one of the first members of the

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in December 1799. His name is engraved on the north pillar, column 5, of the

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