Jean-André Valletaux (; 23 November 1773 in Hiersac – 23 June 1811 Cogorderos) 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 ...

, a brigadier in 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 ...

, and Commander of the

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. Valletaux died as commander of the French forces at the

Battle of Cogorderos The Battle of Cogorderos took place at Cogorderos, in the Province of León, Castile-León, on 23 June 1811, between a French force under Brigadier General Jean-André Valletaux and a Spanish force commanded by General Francisco Taboada y ...

, in

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. Oman, Charles (1911)
''A History of the Peninsular War'', Vol. IV, p. 467.
''Project Gutenberg''. Retrieved 23 April 2023. His name is inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe.

References

Bibliography

* 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:Valletaux, Jean-Andre 1773 births 1811 deaths Commanders of the Legion of Honour French military personnel of the French Revolutionary Wars French generals French commanders of the Napoleonic Wars French military personnel killed in the Napoleonic Wars People from Charente Names inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe