Antoine Maurin " For the eponymous painted , see painter " Antoine Maurin ( 19 December 1771 – 4 October 1830 ) commanded a French cavalry division in 1814 during the Napoleonic Wars and in 1815 led his troops against the Prussians at Ligny where he was wounded . His army service began in 1792 during the French Revolution when he enlisted in a cavalry regiment as a trooper . He spent his entire military career as a cavalryman . During the French Revolutionary Wars he advanced through the ranks and became commander of a light cavalry regiment in 1802 . While only a colonel , he commanded a brigade at Caldiero in October 1805 . He fought in the Friedland campaign in 1807 and attained the rank of general officer that year . As a cavalry brigadier , he participated in the 1807 Invasion of Portugal but was captured in 1808 and held until 1812 . He led a brigade in 1813 and a division 1814 during the War of the Sixth Coalition . After fighting for Napoleon during the Hundred Days , he retired in 1823 . His surname is one of the names inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe . Career . Maurin was born in Montpellier , France on 19 December 1771 . He joined the 20th Chasseurs à Cheval Regiment as a trooper in 1792 . He served in a number of actions during the War of the First Coalition rising to the rank of officer . He was wounded in the shoulder by a saber cut at Biberach in 1796 . The following year he fought at Valvasone and received a battlefield promotion to captain from Napoleon Bonaparte . On 24 April 1802 he was named to lead the 24th Chasseur à Cheval Regiment as Chef de Brigade ( colonel ) . While still a colonel , he led a brigade consisting of the 15th and 24th Chasseurs à Cheval at the Battle of Caldiero on 29 – 31 October 1805 . Transferred to Poland , he fought at Guttstadt and Friedland in 1807 and was promoted to general of brigade in late June 1807 . Maurin led a cavalry brigade in Andoche Junot ' s army during the 1807 Invasion of Portugal . He was named Baron of the Empire on 17 March 1808 . He reported to François Étienne de Kellermann who commanded a cavalry division that included one squadron each of the 26th Chasseurs à Cheval , 1st , 3rd , 4th , 5th , 9th , and 15th Dragoons . He was appointed governor of Algarve province in the south of Portugal . When the revolt against the French occupation broke out , he was in his sickbed in Faro . He and 70 other French soldiers were captured by Portuguese partisans on 16 June 1808 and handed over to the captain of a British vessel as prisoners . He remained a prisoner until September 1812 . On his return he fought at the Battle of Dresden on 26 – 27 August 1813 . He received the Commander ' s Cross of the Légion d ' Honneur on 28 September 1813 . Maurin commanded the 9th Light Cavalry Brigade in Rémi Joseph Isidore Exelmans ' division of the II Cavalry Corps at the Battle of Leipzig on 16 – 19 October . The following year he was named to command the 2nd Light Cavalry Division and led this unit at the Battle of Laubressel on 3 – 4 March 1814 . After Napoleon ' s abdication he submitted to King Louis XVIII of France . He later rejoined the emperor during the Hundred Days and was appointed to command the 7th Cavalry Division in the 1815 campaign . The division ' s 1st Brigade was led by Louis Vallin and consisted of the 6th Hussars and 8th Chasseurs à Cheval Regiments . The 2nd Brigade was under Pierre Marie Auguste Berruyer and comprised the 6th , 11th , and 18th Dragoon Regiments . At the Battle of Ligny on 16 June 1815 , he was wounded in the chest by a bullet . Maurin retired in 1823 . After the July Revolution of 1830 he returned to active service but died on 4 October 1830 . His surname is one of the names inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe , on the west pillar on Column 40 .