Jean-Baptiste Jourdan
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Jean-Baptiste Jourdan, 1st Count Jourdan, was a French military commander who served during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. He was made a Marshal of the Empire by Emperor Napole
Portrait by Joseph-Marie Vien, c. 1805
Jourdan's birth home in Limoges, with a commemorative plaque installed during the Second Republic
Detail of an equestrian portrait of Jourdan by Johann Dryander, 1794
The Battle of Fleurus in 1794, won by Jourdan over Coalition forces led by the princes of Coburg and Orange
Battle of Vitoria
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At the Battle of Vitoria, a British, Portuguese and Spanish army under the Marquess of Wellington broke the French army under King Joseph Bonaparte and Marshal Jean-Baptiste Jourdan near Vitoria in Sp
Jean-Baptiste Jourdan
…Under the Empire he was rewarded by Napoleon with the title of Marshal and continued to hold military assignments, but suffered a major defeat at the Battle of Vitoria, which resulted in the Empire's permanent loss of Spain. In 1815 he became reconciled with the Bourbon Restoration, and later supported the July…
The Battle of Vittoria George Jones, 1822
Battle of Vitoria by Heath & Sutherland, A.S.K. Brown collection
British troops auction off loot taken during the battle
Recreation with model figures of the battle, displayed at the Armory Museum (Museo de Armería) in Vitoria-Gasteiz.