Facts: - death date: 30 september 1799 14 february 1734 - allegiance: kingdom of france kingdom of france france france - rank: general of division - awards: order of saint-louis , 1779 - birth date: 14 february 1734 - serviceyears: kingdom 1796 of france 1755 -- 1792 france 1792 -- - name: pierre raphael paillot de beauregard - branch: cavalry , infantry - death place: saintes , charente-maritime , france - birth place: saint-palais-sur-mer , france Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of pierre raphael paillot de beauregard .
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pierre raphael paillot de beauregard -lrb- 14 february 1734 -- 30 september 1799 -rrb- led a french division at the battle of wattignies .a nobleman , he joined the french royal army as a cadet in 1755 and fought in the seven years ' war .he became a lieutenant colonel in 1779 , but two years later got into a dispute with a superior officer and was placed on inactive service .the french revolution and the war of the first coalition saved his career ; he was promoted general of brigade in 1792 .he led a 2,000-man column at arlon in 1793 but irritated his army commander .after his 5,800-strong division performed poorly at wattignies he was put in prison for 10 months .he was briefly employed again during the war in the vendee in 1795 before retiring from military service in 1796 .