caption serviceyears branch death_date death_place birth_place allegiance awards image_size battles birth_date rank image article_title name
pascal antoine fiorella 1770 & ndash ; 1793 infantry y 3 march 1818 7 february 1752 ajaccio , corse-du-sud , france ajaccio , corsica france france légion crown d'honneur , cc 1804 order of the iron 240 battle -lrb- 1795 -rrb- battle of mondovì -lrb- 1796 -rrb- battle of of castiglione -lrb- 1796 -rrb- siege of mantua -lrb- 1796-1797 saorgio -rrb- battle of calliano -lrb- 1796 -rrb- combat of rivoli -lrb- -lrb- 1796 -rrb- siege of turin -lrb- 1799 -rrb- blockade 1794 of venice -lrb- 1805 -rrb- tyrolean rebellion -lrb- 1809 -rrb- -rrb- battle of loano y 7 february 1752 general of division pascal antoine fiorella.jpg pascal antoine fiorella
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pascal antoine fiorella

pascal antoine fiorella or pasquale antonio , comte fiorella -lrb- 7 february 1752 -- 3 march 1818 -rrb- became a french general officer in the french revolutionary wars and led a brigade during napoleon bonaparte 's famous campaign in italy in 1796 .
a corsican by birth , he joined the french royal army as a volunteer in 1770 and was quickly appointed an officer .
when the french revolution broke out , he was a captain .
elected lieutenant colonel of a volunteer battalion , he fought with the army of the alps .
transferred to the army of italy , he assumed command of the 46th line infantry demi-brigade in february 1794 .
he fought under andré masséna at saorgio where he was wounded .
in september 1794 he earned promotion to general of brigade and led the army reserve .
when bonaparte took command of the army of italy in the spring of 1796 fiorella led a brigade in jean-mathieu-philibert sérurier 's division .
he fought at mondovì in april 1796 .
during the battle of castiglione on 5 august 1796 , he took command of sérurier 's division and led it to attack the austrian left rear .
this maneuver resulted in an important french victory .
during the arcola campaign in november 1796 , he led his troops at calliano and was captured at rivoli .
beginning in 1797 , he saw service as a division commander in the armies of the french-allied italian states .
in 1799 he was forced to surrender turin to the austrians .
he blockaded venice in 1805 and was involved in suppressing the tyrolean rebellion in 1809 .
despite joining napoleon for the hundred days , he managed to secure retirement with the rank of division commander in 1817 .
he died the next year in ajaccio .
his surname is one of the names inscribed under the arc de triomphe , on column 21 .
