serviceyears branch death_place death_date birth_place allegiance awards birth_date rank article_title name
1779 -- 1811 infantry modena , italy 17 march 1811 23 january 1763 crest , drôme , france kingdom of france kingdom of france france france légion d'honneur , cc , 1804 23 january 1763 general of brigade antoine digonet
 antoine digonet
antoine digonet

antoine digonet -lrb- 23 january 1763 -- 17 march 1811 -rrb- commanded a french brigade during the french revolutionary wars and napoleonic wars .
he joined the french royal army and fought in the american revolutionary war as a foot soldier .
in 1792 he was appointed officer of a volunteer battalion .
he fought the spanish in the war of the pyrenees and was promoted to general officer .
later he was transferred to fight french royalists in the war in the vendée .
in 1800 he was assigned to the army of the rhine and led a brigade at stockach , messkirch and biberach .
shortly after , he was transferred to italy .
in 1805 he fought under andré masséna at caldiero .
he participated in the 1806 invasion of naples and led his troops against the british at maida where his brigade put up a sturdy resistance .
after briefly serving in the 1809 war , he took command of modena and died there of illness in 1811 .
he never married .
