Claude Corbineau
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Claude Louis Constant Esprit Juvénal Gabriel Corbineau (7 March 1772, Laval
- 8 February 1807, battle of Eylau
) was a French general. His two brothers Jean
and Hercule
also fought in both these wars and together the three men were known as "les trois Horaces" (the three Horatii
).
Laval, Mayenne
Laval is a commune in the Mayenne department in north-western France.It lies on the threshold of Brittany and on the border between Normandy and Anjou. Its citizens are called Lavallois.-Geography:...
- 8 February 1807, battle of Eylau
Battle of Eylau
The Battle of Eylau or Battle of Preussisch-Eylau, 7 and 8 February 1807, was a bloody and inconclusive battle between Napoléon's Grande Armée and a Russian Empire army under Levin August, Count von Bennigsen near the town of Preußisch Eylau in East Prussia. Late in the battle, the Russians...
) was a French general. His two brothers Jean
Jean Corbineau
Jean-Baptiste Juvénal Corbineau was a French cavalry general of the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars. His two brothers Claude and Hercule also fought in both these wars and together the three men were known as "les trois Horaces" ....
and Hercule
Hercule Corbineau
Marie Louis Hercule Hubert Corbineau was a French soldier of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.-Biography:...
also fought in both these wars and together the three men were known as "les trois Horaces" (the three Horatii
Horatii
According to Livy, the Horatii were male triplets from Rome. During a war between Rome and Alba Longa during the reign of Tullus Hostilius , it was agreed that settlement of the war would depend on the outcome of a battle between the Horatii and the Curiatii...
).