Jean Joseph Magdeleine Pijon or Jean Pigeon was a French general who was killed in combat during the French Revolutionary Wars. He led an attack column at Loano in late 1795. He commanded a brigade in
Pijon was in André Masséna's division during most of the 1796 campaign.
Pijon was in Claude Victor's division at Magnano.
Pijon's name is inscribed on the Arc de Triomphe (near bottom left).
The Battle of Lonato was fought on 3 and 4 August 1796 between the French Army of Italy under General Napoleon Bonaparte and a corps-sized Austrian column led by Lieutenant General Peter Quasdanovich.
General Bonaparte at the Battle of Lonato
Battle of Lonato won by Bonaparte.