caption branch death_date death_place birth_place allegiance awards battles birth_date rank image article_title name
vincent martel deconchy infantry 26 august 1823 21 january 1768 pamplona , spain guiscard , france france france légion , 1813 order of saint louis , 1814 d'honneur , 1804 order of the iron crown battle -lrb- 1793 -rrb- battle of castricum -lrb- 1799 -rrb- battle of of marengo -lrb- 1800 -rrb- battle of pozzolo -lrb- 1800 neerwinden -rrb- battle of haslach -lrb- 1805 -rrb- battle of durrenstein -lrb- -lrb- 1805 -rrb- battle of tamames -lrb- 1809 -rrb- siege 1793 of ciudad rodrigo -lrb- 1810 -rrb- siege of almeida -lrb- -rrb- 1810 -rrb- battle of redinha -lrb- 1811 -rrb- battle of battle salamanca -lrb- 1812 -rrb- battle of caldiero -lrb- 1813 -rrb- of battle of the mincio -lrb- 1814 -rrb- siege of pamplona raismes -lrb- 1823 -rrb- 21 january 1768 lieutenant general 280px vincent martel deconchy
 vincent martel deconchy
vincent martel deconchy

vincent martel deconchy -lrb- 21 january 1768 -- 26 august 1823 -rrb- commanded a french brigade in spain and italy during the napoleonic wars .
he joined the army in 1792 during the french revolution and fought in several battles in the north .
after being part of the force occupying the batavian republic , he gained promotion for heroism at the battle of castricum in 1799 .
he served as an aide-de-camp during the battles of marengo and the mincio in 1800 .
deconchy fought in several actions during the war of the third coalition .
transferred to spain , he was acting commander of a light infantry regiment in the vi corps for a time before being elevated to colonel in september 1810 .
he participated in the 1810 french invasion of portugal and led his regiment at redinha during the retreat .
he was promoted general officer in february 1813 and fought against the spanish guerillas .
in august 1813 he transferred to italy where he led a brigade in the army of eugène de beauharnais until the end of the fighting in 1814 .
he stayed in favor with the bourbons and was elevated to the rank of lieutenant general in 1821 .
he led a division in the 1823 french intervention in spain and died during the blockade of pamplona .
