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Louis François Binot (7 April 1771 – 8 February 1807) was a General Louis-Francois Binot
Virtual Arc. Accessed June 3, 2012.
Louis François Binot (7 April 1771 – 8 February 1807) was a French Army
The French Army, officially known as the Land Army (, , ), is the principal Army, land warfare force of France, and the largest component of the French Armed Forces; it is responsible to the Government of France, alongside the French Navy, Fren ...
officer and colonial administrator who served as the governor-general of French India in 1803. On 19 August 1801, Binot was appointed as ''chef de brigade
''Chef de brigade'' ( English: Brigade chief) was a French military rank. It was used as the equivalent of the rank of major in the French Royal Army's artillery units and colonel in the French Revolutionary Army.
Before the revolution
''Chef ...
'' of the French Revolutionary Army
The French Revolutionary Army () was the French land force that fought the French Revolutionary Wars from 1792 to 1802. In the beginning, the French armies were characterised by their revolutionary fervour, their poor equipment and their great nu ...
's 121st Line Infantry Regiment. Binot was awarded the Legion of Honour
The National Order of the Legion of Honour ( ), formerly the Imperial Order of the Legion of Honour (), is the highest and most prestigious French national order of merit, both military and Civil society, civil. Currently consisting of five cl ...
on 25 December 1805, and on 22 November 1806 he was promoted to brigade general. He was killed at the Battle of Eylau
The Battle of Eylau (also known as the Battle of Preussisch-Eylau) was a bloody and strategically inconclusive battle on 7 and 8 February 1807 between Napoleon's and the Imperial Russian Army under the command of General Levin August von Be ...
.Virtual Arc. Accessed June 3, 2012.
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