Marc Antoine de Beaumont
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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.
Battle of Lodi
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Battle of Lodi was fought on Tuesday 10 May 1796 between French forces under General Napoleon Bonaparte and an Austrian rear guard commanded by Karl Philipp Sebottendorf at Lodi, Lombardy, being one o
Marc Antoine de Beaumont
…being executed. During the French Revolutionary Wars he fought in the Italian campaign of 1796–1797 under Napoleon Bonaparte, leading the cavalry at Lodi and Castiglione. In 1799 he was wounded in Italy but fought there again in late 1800. After Napoleon became emperor, Beaumont led the 3rd Dragoon…
The Battle of Lodi Louis-François Lejeune, 1804
The French passing the bridge, (Musée de la Révolution française).