serviceyears branch death_place death_date birth_place allegiance awards birth_date rank article_title name
1784 -- 1811 cavalry , infantry tarragona , spain 27 may 1811 18 november 1766 aillianville , france france france légion d'honneur , 1811 18 november 1766 general of division jean-baptiste salme
 jean-baptiste salme
jean-baptiste salme

jean-baptiste salme or salm -lrb- 18 november 1766 -- 27 may 1811 -rrb- led french troops in several actions during the french revolutionary wars and napoleonic wars .
several times he landed in trouble by associating with the wrong people , including his wife who tried to kill him .
he served alongside jacques macdonald when they were both generals of brigade in the flanders campaign in 1794 .
still commanding only a brigade he served in macdonald 's army in italy during 1799 and in spain during 1810 .
in 1784 he joined a dragoon regiment in the french royal army in 1784 .
he emerged as the commanding officer of the 3rd infantry demi-brigade in the `` army of the rhine '' in 1793 .
he led his unit at haguenau and second wissembourg .
in 1794 he transferred to northeast france and was promoted to general officer , subsequently fighting at tourcoing , tournay and hooglede .
after besieging and capturing the fortress of grave he was on occupation duty in belgium and holland .
salme 's friendship with the traitor jean-charles pichegru caused him to be unemployed for over a year .
he served in italy in 1798 and led the army advance guard at the trebbia in 1799 where he was wounded and captured by the austrians .
in 1802 he went on the saint-domingue expedition to haiti but was sent home early , possibly for having a sexual liaison with pauline bonaparte .
then his wife tried to poison him and he was retired from the army .
in 1809 he briefly led a second-line outfit in the walcheren campaign .
the following year he was given a brigade and served in catalonia .
he was killed in action during the siege of tarragona in 1811 .
his surname is one of the names inscribed under the arc de triomphe , on column 38 .
