caption serviceyears laterwork branch death_date death_place birth_place allegiance awards birth_date rank image article_title name
jean jacques ambert 1780 & ndash ; 1815 baron of the empire , 1813 infantry 20 november 1851 30 september 1765 basse-terre , guadaloupe , france saint-céré , france france france légion d'honneur , 1814 order of saint louis 30 september 1765 general of division general jean jacques ambert.jpg jean-jacques ambert
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jean-jacques ambert

jean-jacques ambert -lrb- 30 september 1765 -- 20 november 1851 -rrb- commanded a french division in several engagements during the french revolutionary wars .
he embarked on a french ship of the line during the american revolutionary war and saw several actions .
at the start of the french revolutionary wars he commanded a battalion and thereafter enjoyed fast promotion .
he led a division in action at kaiserslautern in 1793 , kaiserslautern in 1794 , luxembourg , handschusheim , and mannheim in 1795 , and kehl in 1796 .
his career later suffered eclipse because of his association with two french army commanders suspected of treason .
he spent much of the napoleonic wars commanding a caribbean island , clearing his name , and filling interior posts .
his surname is one of the names inscribed under the arc de triomphe .
