Louis Desaix
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Louis Charles Antoine Desaix was a French general and military leader during the French Revolutionary Wars. According to the usage of the time, he took the surname Desaix de Veygoux. He was considered
Portrait by Andrea Appiani, 1800
1798 portrait of Desaix in Egypt by André Dutertre
Engraving by Fiesinger of a portrait by Jean-Urbain Guérin, 1798
Portrait of Louis Desaix.
Battle of Marengo
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The Battle of Marengo was fought on 14 June 1800 between French forces under the First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte and Austrian forces near the city of Alessandria, in Piedmont, Italy. Near the end of t
Louis Desaix
…two infantry divisions serving in the Army of Italy. Three days later (14 June), detached, with Boudet's division, at Rivalta, he heard the cannon of Marengo on his right. Taking the initiative he marched at once towards the sound, meeting Bonaparte's staff officer, who had come to recall him, halfway on the…
The Battle of Marengo Louis-François Lejeune, 1801
Napoleon Crossing the Alps by Jacques-Louis David
Torre Garofoli, Napoleon's headquarters before the battle
Michael von Melas led the centre of the army during the attack, but he mistakenly believed that the battle was over before the arrival of Desaix.