serviceyears laterwork branch death_place death_date birth_place allegiance awards battles birth_date rank article_title name
1790-1819 chamber of peers -lrb- 1819 -rrb- infantry versailles , france 27 may 1855 18 january 1773 ploërmel , brittany , france france france légion d'honneur order of saint-louis french revolutionary wars napoleonic wars 18 january 1773 general of division jean-louis dubreton
 jean-louis dubreton
jean-louis dubreton

jean-louis dubreton -lrb- 18 january 1773 -- 27 may 1855 -rrb- enlisted in the french army in 1790 and served during the french revolutionary wars where he gained advancement .
during the war of the first coalition he fought against the allies in the north and against the war in the vendée .
by 1801 he commanded a battalion in italy .
the year 1803 found him leading a regiment during the failed french occupation of santo domingo .
during the napoleonic wars , dubreton served in holland and germany , becoming a general officer in 1811 .
later he transferred to spain where he won fame by leading the defenders during the siege of burgos , one of wellington 's rare setbacks .
promoted , he commanded a division at dresden , leipzig , and hanau in the autumn of 1813 .
king louis xviii of france appointed him to several military posts and , in 1819 , to the chamber of peers , a lawmaking body .
dubreton is one of the names inscribed under the arc de triomphe on column 35 .
