Anne - François - Charles Trelliard Anne - François - Charles Trelliard or Treillard or Treilhard , born 7 February 1764 – died 14 May 1832 , joined the cavalry of the French Royal Army as a cadet gentleman in 1780 . During the French Revolutionary Wars he fought in Germany and Holland , eventually rising in rank to become a general officer in 1799 . He led a corps cavalry brigade at Austerlitz in the 1805 campaign . In the 1806 - 1807 campaign he fought at Saalfeld , Jena , and Pultusk . Transferred to Spain in 1808 , Trelliard led a dragoon division and participated in the third invasion of Portugal in 1810 - 1811 . He commanded his dragoons at Majadahonda in 1812 and at Vitoria and the Pyrenees in 1813 . His division was redeployed to eastern France for Emperor Napoleon ' s final futile campaign in 1814 . After rallying to Napoleon during the Hundred Days , the Bourbons dismissed him from the army . Trelliard is one of the names inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe . Early career . Born on 7 February 1764 in Parma in the Duchy of Parma , Trelliard ' s parents , François de Treillard and Marie Anne de Cutry , were minor nobility . Baptised two days later , his godparents were François - Charles de Rochechouart and Marquise Malaspina della Bastia . On 6 November 1780 , he joined the " Reine " ( Queen ' s ) Regiment of Dragoons as a gentleman cadet . Advancement was slow and he only became a sous lieutenant in 1785 , a second lieutenant in 1788 , a lieutenant subaltern in 1789 , and a first lieutenant in 1791 . After the start of the War of the First Coalition , promotion became more rapid . By August 1792 , he was a captain in the 3rd Chasseurs à Cheval Regiment . In April 1793 , he advanced to the rank of chef d ' escadron ( major ) in the 11th Chasseurs after fighting in the Army of the North and other formations . On 1 September 1794 he received promotion to chef de brigade ( colonel ) of the 11th Chasseurs and fought with the Army of Sambre - et - Meuse . On 22 October , near Coblenz he defeated a superior force of opposing cavalry , inflicting losses of 200 casualties . Historian Charles Mullié credits Trelliard with serving under Jean Victor Marie Moreau in the blockade of Mainz . This unsuccessful operation lasted from 20 September to 13 October 1795 . However , another source places the 11th Chasseurs in François Séverin Marceau - Desgraviers ' Division , which was involved in the futile blockade of Ehrenbreitstein Fortress from 15 September to 17 October . He seized some redoubts and 2 , 000 prisoners during the Battle of Neuwied on 18 April 1797 . He was appointed general of brigade on 10 September 1799 . Afterward he led the cavalry in the forces occupying the Batavian Republic . On 11 December 1803 he became a member of the Légion d ' Honneur and a commander of the Légion on 14 June 1804 . Early Empire . Trelliard led the light cavalry of Marshal Jean Lannes ' V Corps at the beginning of the War of the Third Coalition . He led the 9th and 10th Hussar Regiments at the Battle of Wertingen on 8 October 1805 during the Ulm Campaign . At the Battle of Austerlitz on 2 December , his command included the 9th and 10th Hussars and the 13th and 21st Chasseurs à Cheval . He fought on the left wing under Lannes . Commanding nine squadrons of the 9th and 10th Hussars and the 21st Chasseurs at the outbreak of the War of the Fourth Coalition , Trelliard fought at the Battle of Saalfeld on 10 October 1806 . During this action , Quartermaster Guindet of the 10th Hussars killed Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia in personal combat . Trelliard led his cavalrymen at the Battle of Jena on 14 October . Lannes posted his cavalry on the right wing at the Battle of Pultusk on 26 December . Lured into attacking Russian hussars , Trelliard ' s cavalry suffered serious loss when the enemy cavalry wheeled aside , exposing the French to the fire of a masked battery . He was badly wounded in the action . In the same month he received promotion to general of division . In August 1808 , Trelliard commanded a cavalry camp in Pau , France . That year transferred to Spain to fight in the Peninsular War . At first he served in the north of Spain on the Bay of Biscay where he led the 4th Dragoon Division . He became a Baron of the Empire on 9 March 1810 . During the Siege of Ciudad Rodrigo in 1810 , he commanded a covering force consisting four regiments of dragoons . Though he was not listed in the official Army of Portugal order of battle , which placed Louis Pierre , Count Montbrun in charge of the reserve cavalry , staff officer Jean - Jacques Germain Pelet - Clozeau stated that he led a cavalry division during the Siege of Almeida under Marshal André Masséna ' s personal command . After the Battle of Bussaco , Masséna ordered Montbrun to take command of the army ' s advance guard while Trelliard assumed direction of the reserve cavalry . In November 1810 , he was assigned a task force that included two regiments of dragoons and some infantry . He conducted reconnaissances on at least two occasions during the winter . In February 1811 , Trelliard led a cavalry division that was separate from Montbrun ' s . As the French withdrew from Portugal , he assisted Marshal Michel Ney ' s rear guard with three dragoon regiments on 10 March , the day before the Battle of Pombal . Later Empire . After the British victory at the Battle of Salamanca , his division was sent to delay the Marquess of Wellington ' s advance . In the Battle of Majadahonda , Trelliard led 2 , 000 cavalry against Wellington ' s 2 , 300 - strong advance guard . His command included the 13th , 18th , 19th , and 22nd Dragoon Regiments , plus the Italian " Napoleone " Dragoon and Westphalian Chevau - léger Regiments . He was opposed to Benjamin d ' Urban ' s 1st , 11th , and 12th Portuguese Dragoons , George Bock ' s 1st and 2nd King ' s German Legion ( KGL ) Dragoons , the 1st KGL Light Infantry Battalion , and four artillery pieces . Trelliard routed the Portuguese and captured three British guns . The French troopers then fell upon Bock ' s German dragoons and drove them back . Coming under fire from the KGL infantry in the village of Las Rozas and seeing reinforcements approaching , Trelliard ordered a withdrawal and abandoned his captured guns . The Portuguese suffered 108 casualties and the Germans lost 68 . French losses were not reported . On 21 June 1813 at the Battle of Vitoria , Trelliard commanded the 1 , 038 horsemen in his four French dragoon regiments as part of the Army of the Center . After Marshal Nicolas Soult reorganized the army in the late summer of 1813 , he led a 2 , 358 - strong cavalry division consisting of six regiments . During the Battle of the Pyrenees at the end of July , the division included the 4th , 14th , 16th , 17th , 21st , and 26th Dragoon Regiments . At the Battle of the Nive on 10 December 1813 , Louis - Ernest - Joseph Sparre ' s dragoon brigade of his division overran the 1st Portuguese Line Infantry Regiment . Trelliard and his division were transferred to eastern France shortly after the battle . Trelliard led his division in a French victory at the Battle of Mormans ( sometimes called Nangis ) on 17 February 1814 . The 4th , 14th , and 16th Dragoon Regiments fought during the engagement . On 23 and 24 February there was a clash at Troyes where the 21st and 26th Dragoons of Auguste Jean Joseph Gilbert Amiel ' s cavalry brigade defeated 3 , 600 Austrians . Amiel ' s brigade was part of François Étienne de Kellermann ' s VI Cavalry Corps . Treillard led the 5th Cavalry Division in Kellermann ' s corps in the Battle of Bar - sur - Aube on 26 and 27 February . The 4th and 14th Dragoon Regiments were engaged . The 4th , 14th , 16th , 17th , and 27th Dragoon Regiments fought at the Battle of Arcis - sur - Aube on 20 and 21 March 1814 , though Trelliard was not specifically mentioned in the account . All six regiments that served under Trelliard in July 1813 are listed as being in Nicolas François Roussel d ' Hurbal ' s 6th Dragoon Division on 30 March at the Battle of Paris . Later career . He sided with Napoleon during the Hundred Days and was given command of Belle - Île - en - Mer near Quiberon on the Brittany peninsula . After the emperor ' s defeat , King Louis XVIII of France retired him from the army . He was briefly restored to favor after the July Revolution of 1830 . Readmitted to the army reserves in 1831 , he retired again shortly before his death the following year . On 14 May 1832 , he died at Charonne , then a village , now a part of Paris . He is buried in Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris . The name TREILLARD is etched on Column 11 of the Arc de Triomphe .