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 French Revolution, he rose to

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in 1794 and fought with distinction in the armée du Nord, des armée des Ardennes and Armée de la Moselle 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 Joubert 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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* * 1742 births 1802 deaths French commanders of the Napoleonic Wars French generals French Republican military leaders of the French Revolutionary Wars Members of the Sénat conservateur Military governors of Paris Military personnel from Strasbourg Names inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe {{France-mil-bio-stub