Jean-Baptiste Bessières, 1st duc d'Istrie (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ batist bɛsjɛʁ]; 6 August 1768 – 1 May 1813) was a French military commander and...

geographer, author and translator Jean-Baptiste Bessières, duke of Istria (1768–1813), Marshal of the Empire Jean-Baptiste Bethune, Belgian architect, artisan...

Bessières can refer to: Bessières, Haute-Garonne Jean-Baptiste Bessières, French marshal, duke of Istria (1768–1813) his younger brother, Bertrand Bessières...

the Battle of Marengo. General Joachim Murat and Chef de brigade Jean-Baptiste Bessières schemed to have Lannes removed over a budget deficit, but Augereau...

as commander-in-chief and inspector of the Guard, with General Jean-Baptiste Bessières as second-in-command. On its formation, the Consular Guard consisted...

Pierre-Charles-Jean-Baptiste-Silvestre de Villeneuve (31 December 1763 – 22 April 1806) was a French Navy officer who served during the French Revolutionary...

either the title of Duke or Prince. With two exceptions – Jean-Baptiste Bessières and Jean-Mathieu-Philibert Sérurier – the Marshals led a sumptuous lifestyle...

December 1806, but only enjoyed a brief existence under Marshal Jean-Baptiste Bessières. The II Cavalry Corps was reconstituted for the invasion of Russia...

while he holds a half-opened battle plan in the other. Behind him Jean-Baptiste Bessières had had his horse shot from under him. It commissioned during the...

Brig. Marulaz (cavalry) Div. Lasalle (cavalry) Cavalry Reserve Corps, Bessières: Div. Nansouty Div. Saint-Sulpice Div. d'Espagne † Total: 77,000 men;...

Coalition. On the eve of the battle, one of Napoleon's marshals, Jean-Baptiste Bessières, was killed by a stray cannonball while reconnoitering near Rippach...

Marshal Jean-Baptiste Bessières, Duke of Istria. After serving with a good record in Italy, in Egypt and at Hohenlinden, Bertrand Bessières had a command...

scientist and diplomat. He was a cousin of marshal Jean-Baptiste Bessières and Bertrand Bessières. He was a member of the Commission des Sciences et des...

Auerstedt by Napoleon. During the Battle of Jena-Auerstedt, Marshal Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte had marched from Naumburg to Dornburg and arrived at Apolda...

Bessières, 2nd Duke of Istrie (2 August 1802, Paris - 21 July 1856, Arnouville-les-Gonesse) was a French politician. His father marshal Jean-Baptiste...

l'Étang led 24,430 men south toward Seville and Cádiz; Marshal Jean-Baptiste Bessières moved into Aragon and Old Castile with 25,000 men, aiming to capture...

France sent 80,000 militiamen, commanded by future King of Sweden Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte, and successfully repelled the invasion. Napoleon then suggested...

Maneuver. All of the French forces, except 20,000 troops under Jean-Baptiste Bessières that were chasing Hiller, attacked Eckmühl to trap the Austrians...

Revolution. New York: St. Martin's Press. ISBN 978-0-31212-123-5. Marbot, Jean-Baptiste Antoine Marcelin. "The Battle of Austerlitz", Napoleon: Symbol for an...

creation until 1813, the Guard cavalry was commanded by Marshal Jean-Baptiste Bessières, Duke of Istria. Killed by a cannonball at the start of the German...

was routed by Marshal Bessières after a badly coordinated but stubborn fight against the French corps north of Valladolid. Bessières exploited the poor coordination...

all their flanks. Napoleon recognized Ney's situation and ordered Marshal Jean Lannes to shift from the centre of attack to help Ney. That action left the...

Karl III Johan) and before he became royalty in Sweden, his name was Jean-Baptiste Jules Bernadotte. During the Napoleonic Wars, he participated in several...

The Organisation of Victory. 1793–1815 (2013) Masséna, André; Koch, Jean Baptiste Frédéric (1848–50). Mémoires de Masséna (in French). Vol. V. Paris:...

Davydov, two ships each in honor of Louis-Alexandre Berthier, Jean-Baptiste Bessières and Michel Ney; and one ship each in honor of the officers of the...

He was the eldest of five surviving children of Lieutenant-Colonel Jean-Baptiste Berthier (1721–1804), an officer in the Corps of Topographical Engineers...

received no explicit orders from Paris. The army was left in the charge of Jean-Baptiste Kléber. Unknown to Bonaparte, the Directory had sent him orders to return...

Amongst others depicted are Marshals Louis-Alexandre Berthier, Jean-Baptiste Bessières, Louis-Nicolas Davout and Joachim Murat, general Géraud Duroc,...

the Russians rolled down on the isolated French I Corps under Marshal Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte. Tough fighting at the Battle of Mohrungen allowed Bernadotte's...

Louis-Nicolas Davout Jean Lannes Auguste de Marmont André Masséna Michel Ney Jean-de-Dieu Soult Marshal Victor Jean-Baptiste Bessières Pierre-Charles Villeneuve...