17 March 1811 (1811-03-18) (aged 48) Modena, Italy
Allegiance
Kingdom of France France
Service/branch
Infantry
Years of service
1779–1811
Rank
General of Brigade
Battles/wars
American Revolutionary War
Siege of Yorktown (1781)
War of the Pyrenees
Battle of Sans Culotte (1794)
Battle of Baztan (1794)
War in the Vendée
War of the Second Coalition
Battle of Stockach (1800)
Battle of Messkirch (1800)
Battle of Biberach (1800)
War of the Third Coalition
Battle of Caldiero (1805)
Invasion of Naples (1806)
Battle of Maida (1806)
Awards
Légion d'Honneur, CC, 1804
Antoine Digonet (23 January 1763 – 17 March 1811) commanded a French brigade during the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars. He joined the French Royal Army and fought in the American Revolutionary War as a foot soldier. In 1792 he was appointed officer of a volunteer battalion. He fought the Spanish in the War of the Pyrenees and was promoted to general officer. Later he was transferred to fight French royalists in the War in the Vendée. In 1800 he was assigned to the Army of the Rhine and led a brigade at Stockach, Messkirch and Biberach. Shortly after, he was transferred to Italy. In 1805 he fought under André Masséna at Caldiero. He participated in the 1806 Invasion of Naples and led his troops against the British at Maida where his brigade put up a sturdy resistance. After briefly serving in the 1809 war, he took command of Modena and died there of illness in 1811. He never married.
AntoineDigonet (23 January 1763 – 17 March 1811) commanded a French brigade during the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars. He joined the French...
captured. The French admitted 30 killed and 200 wounded. On 10 July, AntoineDigonet with a brigade of 4,000 troops overwhelmed the Zamora Infantry and...
(général de division) Armand Joseph Henri Digeon (général de division) AntoineDigonet (général de brigade) Arthur de Dillon (général de brigade) Theobald...
Regiment. On the right flank, General of Brigade AntoineDigonet trailed the other two formations. Digonet's command comprised the 23rd Light Infantry and...
general's right flank brigade under AntoineDigonet assaulted Nordmann's positions. Nordmann counterattacked, driving Digonet back, though he was wounded during...
assaulted and assigned Moncey to carry out the operation. On 10 July, AntoineDigonet and 4,000 French troops attacked the Zamora Infantry and the Légion...
Frégeville, Jean Mauco, Thomas-Alexandre Dumas, and Jean-Antoine Marbot. Generals of Brigade AntoineDigonet, Pierre Rouché (Roucher), Louis Hyacinthe Le Feron...
Cheval Regiment General of Division Antoine Richepanse (6,848 infantry, 1,187 cavalry) Generals of Brigade: AntoineDigonet, Pierre François Joseph Durutte...
a French force defending the fortified Mont Calvaire. On 10 July AntoineDigonet's 4,000-strong brigade drove the Spanish and French Royalists from their...
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