Claude François Duprès
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Claude François Dupré or Claude François Duprès (3 October 1755, Fort-Louis
, in the Bas-Rhin
- 21 July 1808, Bailén
, Andalucia) was a French general. He first joined up in 1776 and served in the armies of the French Revolution and First French Empire
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Fort-Louis
Fort-Louis is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France.It acquired its name and its principal raison d'être from a 17th century fort...
, in the Bas-Rhin
Bas-Rhin
Bas-Rhin is a department of France. The name means "Lower Rhine". It is the more populous and densely populated of the two departments of the Alsace region, with 1,079,013 inhabitants in 2006.- History :...
- 21 July 1808, Bailén
Battle of Bailén
The Battle of Bailén was contested in 1808 between the Spanish Army of Andalusia, led by Generals Francisco Castaños and Theodor von Reding, and the Imperial French Army's II corps d'observation de la Gironde under General Pierre Dupont de l'Étang...
, Andalucia) was a French general. He first joined up in 1776 and served in the armies of the French Revolution and First French Empire
First French Empire
The First French Empire , also known as the Greater French Empire or Napoleonic Empire, was the empire of Napoleon I of France...
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