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    Louis Friant (French pronunciation: [lwi fʁijɑ̃]; 18 September 1758 – 24 June 1829) was a French general who fought in the French Revolutionary Wars and...
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  • Friant can mean either Louis Friant, French general during the Napoleonic Wars Friant, California, a town in the United States This disambiguation page...
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    Lagrange and Antoine Joseph Robin brigades, and the right wing by General Louis Friant, with his division made up by the Augustin Daniel Belliard and François-Xavier...
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    Émile Friant (16 April 1863 – 9 June 1932) was a French artist. Friant was born in the commune of Dieuze. He would later be forced to flee to Nancy by...
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    capture the positions. North of Unterlaichling, Davout's troops under Louis Friant and St. Hilaire steadily pushed back the defenders of Oberlaichling and...
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    Feuillade Charles de Blanchefort Nicolas Catinat Abraham de Fabert Louis Friant Armand Louis de Gontaut Antoine III de Gramont Antoine Galiot Mandat de Grancey...
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  • Waterloo. Corps commander: Marshal Louis-Nicolas Davout (1805 through 1809); Divisional commanders: General Louis Friant General Charles-Étienne Gudin de...
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    men and two guns, but the main prize was their seizure of the bridge. Louis Friant's 1st Old Guard Division and Claude Marie Meunier's 1st Young Guard Division...
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    (including 830 cavalry) and 12 guns. Marshal Louis Nicolas Davout. 2nd Division – General of Division Louis Friant 1st Brigade – General of Brigade Georges...
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    and the Mamluks swooped down on the squares commanded by the generals, Friant and Belliard, but they were so strongly repulsed by artillery and musketry...
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    298. Antoine Maurin was wounded at the Battle of Ligny, command passed to Louis Vallin (Siborne 1895, p. 299). The strength and losses of the French Guard...
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    re-cross the bridge before me". At the same time, the crack troops of Louis Friant's Old Guard division began crossing the bridge and took up a position...
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    consolidated control at Aboukir. The French garrison of Alexandria under General Friant, some 2,000 French troops and ten field guns in high positions took a heavy...
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    French cavalry arrived at 9 a.m. and was placed on Gudin's left. General Louis Friant's Division and the 12-pound artillery arrived at 9:30 a.m. and moved in...
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  • (général de division) François Xavier Jacob Freytag (général de division) Louis Friant (général de division) Jean Parfait Friederichs (général de division)...
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    divisions as follows:: 248  Left Wing (Kleber) Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte Louis Friant Joseph Leonard Richard Centre (Jourdan) Francois Lefebvre Jean-Etienne...
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    squadrons. The Imperial Guard consisted of the Old Guard Division of Louis Friant, the 1st Young Guard Division of Claude Marie Meunier, the 2nd Young...
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    September 10 – Hannah Webster Foster, U.S. novelist (d. 1840) September 18 – Louis Friant, French Napoleonic soldier (d. 1829) September 20 – Jean-Jacques Dessalines...
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    Republic United Kingdom Egypt Eyalet Commanders and leaders General Louis Friant  Lord Dalhousie Strength 306 2,000 Casualties and losses 41 killed or...
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    disturb Davout's remaining three divisions under Generals of Division Louis Friant, Saint-Hilaire, and Montbrun on 20 April. Despite being outnumbered,...
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    Victor (from the Papal States) to join him there. General of Brigade Louis Friant was assigned to hold Trieste with 1,500 soldiers. On 31 March Bonaparte...
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    (2) 12 pdr foot batteries (12 guns) 2nd Division: Général de Division Louis Friant (11,440) Brigade: Général de Brigade Jacques Gilly 10th Light Infantry...
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  • Auguste Charles Paul Friant (12 January 1890 – 22 April 1947) was a French tenor. Friant was born in the Montmartre district of Paris. His father was...
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    situated on the D42 road, some 16 miles (26 km) northeast of Amiens. Louis Friant (1758–1829), French military officer, born in Morlancourt. Manfred von...
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    Michel Ney (Reinforcements not engaged): 1st (Old Guard) division under Louis Friant, 2nd (Young Guard) division under Philibert Jean-Baptiste Curial. Grouchy's...
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    boat, opposed by a French force from the garrison of Alexandria under Louis Friant of some 2,000 drawn up on the sand dunes overlooking the landing beach...
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    September 10 – Hannah Webster Foster, U.S. novelist (d. 1840) September 18 – Louis Friant, French Napoleonic soldier (d. 1829) September 20 – Jean-Jacques Dessalines...
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    Foot Artillery Regiment, 11th company 2nd Division: General of Division Louis Friant (7,293, 8 guns) Brigade: General of Brigade Georges Kister 33rd Line...
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  • command of General Antoine Drouot: 1st Old Guard division under General Louis Friant: Brigade Christiani: 1st foot chasseurs à pied regiment (2 bat.) 2nd...
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    infantry divisions under Generals of Division Charles Antoine Morand, Louis Friant, and Charles-Étienne Gudin de La Sablonnière. Napoleon decided on a night...
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