Marc-Antoine de Beaumont, a French nobleman, became a page to the king and joined the army of the Old Regime. He stayed in the army during the French Revolution and narrowly escaped being executed. Du
General of Division Marc Antoine de Beaumont
The Battle of Lodi by Louis-François Lejeune. Beaumont led the cavalry across the river upstream from the bridge.
Battle of Castiglione or Monte Medolano
Marshal Murat leading dragoons at Jena.
The Battle of Czarnowo on the night of 23–24 December 1806 saw troops of the First French Empire under the eye of Emperor Napoleon I launch an evening assault crossing of the Wkra River against Lieute
The Russian army defended the line of the Wkra River.