Jacques Louis François Delaistre de Tilly
Encyclopedia
Jacques-Louis-François Delaistre de Tilly (2 February 1749, Vernon, Eure
– 10 January 1822, Paris
) became a general officer in the French army during the French Revolutionary Wars
. He led a cavalry division in a number of battles during the Napoleonic Wars
. His name is inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe
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Vernon, Eure
Vernon is a commune in the department of Eure in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.It lies on the banks of the Seine River, about midway between Paris and Rouen...
– 10 January 1822, Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
) became a general officer in the French army during the French Revolutionary Wars
French Revolutionary Wars
The French Revolutionary Wars were a series of major conflicts, from 1792 until 1802, fought between the French Revolutionary government and several European states...
. He led a cavalry division in a number of battles during the Napoleonic Wars
Napoleonic Wars
The Napoleonic Wars were a series of wars declared against Napoleon's French Empire by opposing coalitions that ran from 1803 to 1815. As a continuation of the wars sparked by the French Revolution of 1789, they revolutionised European armies and played out on an unprecedented scale, mainly due to...
. His name is inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe
Arc de Triomphe
-The design:The astylar design is by Jean Chalgrin , in the Neoclassical version of ancient Roman architecture . Major academic sculptors of France are represented in the sculpture of the Arc de Triomphe: Jean-Pierre Cortot; François Rude; Antoine Étex; James Pradier and Philippe Joseph Henri Lemaire...
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Service
- 29 November 1792 : ColonelColonelColonel , abbreviated Col or COL, is a military rank of a senior commissioned officer. It or a corresponding rank exists in most armies and in many air forces; the naval equivalent rank is generally "Captain". It is also used in some police forces and other paramilitary rank structures...
of the 6th Regiment of Dragoons - 21 April 1793 : General of Brigade
- 2 December 1793 : General of Division
- 23 December 1793 : Commanded troops at the Battle of SavenayBattle of SavenayThe Battle of Savenay took place on 23 December 1793, and marks the end of the Virée de Galerne operational phase of the first war in the Vendée, where a Republican force of approximately 18,000 decisively defeated the armée catholique et royale force of 6,000 at Savenay.-Prelude:After a crushing...
- 5 May 1801 : Commander in chief of the Armée de l'OuestArmée de l'OuestThe Army of the West was one of the French Revolutionary Armies. It was created on 1 August 1793 by merging the armée des côtes de Brest, the armée des côtes de La Rochelle, and the armée de Mayence, and was sent to fight the revolt in the Vendee.- Reorganisation :Visiting Republican soldiers of...
- 11 October 1805 : Commanded the Cavalry Division of the VI Corps at the Battle of Haslach-JungingenBattle of Haslach-JungingenThe Battle of Haslach-Jungingen, also known as the Battle of Albeck, fought on 11 October 1805 at Ulm-Jungingen north of Ulm at the Danube, was part of the War of the Third Coalition, which was a part of the greater Napoleonic Wars.-Background:...
- 14 October 1805 : Commanded the Cavalry Division of the VI Corps at the Battle of ElchingenBattle of ElchingenThe Battle of Elchingen, fought on October 14, 1805, saw French forces under Michel Ney rout an Austrian corps led by Johann Sigismund Riesch. This defeat led to a large part of the Austrian army being invested in the fortress of Ulm by the army of Emperor Napoleon I of France while other...
- 17 October 1806 : Commanded the Cavalry Division of the I Corps at the Battle of SchleizBattle of SchleizThe Battle of Schleiz took place on October 9, 1806 in Schleiz, Germany between a Prussian-Saxon division under Bogislav Friedrich Emanuel von Tauentzien and a part of Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte's I Corps under the command of Jean-Baptiste Drouet, Comte d'Erlon. It was the first clash of the War of...
- 17 October 1806 : Commanded the Cavalry Division of the I Corps at the Battle of HalleBattle of HalleIn the Battle of Halle on 17 October 1806 a French corps led by Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte fought the Prussian Reserve under Eugene Frederick Henry, Duke of Württemberg. The French defeated their opponents, forcing the Prussians to retreat northeast toward Dessau after suffering heavy losses. The...
- 6 November 1806 : Commanded the Cavalry Division of the I Corps at the Battle of LübeckBattle of LübeckThe Battle of Lübeck took place on 6 November 1806 in Lübeck, Germany between soldiers of the Kingdom of Prussia led by Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher and troops of the First French Empire under Marshals Joachim Murat, Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte, and Nicolas Soult...
- 25 January 1807 : Commanded the Cavalry Division of the I Corps at the Battle of MohrungenBattle of MohrungenIn the Battle of Mohrungen on 25 January 1807, most of a First French Empire corps under the leadership of Marshal Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte fought a strong Russian Empire advance guard led by Major General Evgeni Ivanovich Markov. The French pushed back the main Russian force, but a cavalry raid on...
- 21 June 1813 : Commanded the 2nd Cavalry Division of the Army of the South at the Battle of VitoriaBattle of VitoriaAt the Battle of Vitoria an allied British, Portuguese, and Spanish army under General the Marquess of Wellington broke the French army under Joseph Bonaparte and Marshal Jean-Baptiste Jourdan near Vitoria in Spain, leading to eventual victory in the Peninsular War.-Background:In July 1812, after...
Honours
- TILLY is engraved on Column 4 of the Arc de TriompheNames inscribed under the Arc de TriompheThe following is the list of the names of the 660 persons inscribed on the Arc de Triomphe, in Paris. Most of them are generals who served during the First French Empire with additional figures from the French Revolution ....
Printed materials
- Smith, DigbyDigby SmithDigby Smith is a British military historian. The son of a British career soldier, he was born in Hampshire, England, but spent several years in India and Pakistan as a child and youth. As a "boy soldier," he entered training in the British Army at the age of 16...
. The Napoleonic Wars Data Book. London: Greenhill, 1998. ISBN 1-85367-276-9 - Glover, MichaelMichael GloverMichael Glover served in the British army during World War II, after which he joined the British Council and became a professional author...
. The Peninsular War 1807-1814. London: Penguin, 2001. ISBN 0-141-39041-7