Jacques Thomas Sarrut (; 16 August 1765 – 26 June 1813) joined the French army and became a division commander in the

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. He led a regiment at Hohenlinden, a brigade at

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. He was mortally wounded while leading his soldiers against the Anglo-Allied army at the

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on Column 21.

Revolution

Sarrut was born on 16 August 1765 at

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in what is now the department of Ariège, France, which is on the border with Spain. He became Chef de Brigade (colonel) of the 3rd Demi-Brigade de bataille on 28 May 1794. He transferred to command of the 8th Infantry Demi-Brigade on 19 February 1796. That year the 8th was serving with the Army of the North, but in 1797 the unit transferred to the Army of Germany. In 1798, the demi-brigade switched between the Army of Mainz, the Army of the Danube, and the Army of the Rhine. At the

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on 3 December 1800, the 8th Demi-Brigade with a strength of 2,680 men was part of Antoine Richepanse's division.

Empire

On 15 July 1811, Sarrut's division of the Army of Portugal counted 4,922 men present. The division consisted of three battalions each of the 2nd Light, 4th Light, and 36th Line Infantry Regiments.Oman (1996), IV, p. 640

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