Joseph Hélie Désiré Perruquet de Montrichard
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Joseph Hélie Désiré Perruquet de Montrichard (24 January 1760, Thoirette
- 5 April 1828) was a French general of the French Revolutionary Wars
and Napoleonic Wars
. His name is inscribed on the north side of the Arc de Triomphe
.
Thoirette
Thoirette is a commune in the Jura department in the Franche-Comté region of eastern France.- Demographics :As of the census of 1999, the population was 543.The estimate for 2005 was 617.- References :*...
- 5 April 1828) was a French general of the French Revolutionary Wars
French Revolutionary Wars
The French Revolutionary Wars were a series of major conflicts, from 1792 until 1802, fought between the French Revolutionary government and several European states...
and Napoleonic Wars
Napoleonic Wars
The Napoleonic Wars were a series of wars declared against Napoleon's French Empire by opposing coalitions that ran from 1803 to 1815. As a continuation of the wars sparked by the French Revolution of 1789, they revolutionised European armies and played out on an unprecedented scale, mainly due to...
. His name is inscribed on the north side of the Arc de Triomphe
Arc de Triomphe
-The design:The astylar design is by Jean Chalgrin , in the Neoclassical version of ancient Roman architecture . Major academic sculptors of France are represented in the sculpture of the Arc de Triomphe: Jean-Pierre Cortot; François Rude; Antoine Étex; James Pradier and Philippe Joseph Henri Lemaire...
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