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Joseph Souham
Born
30 April 1760 (1760-04-30) Lubersac, France
Died
28 April 1837 (1837-04-29) (aged 76) Versailles, France
Allegiance
France
Service/branch
French Army
Rank
Général de Division
Battles/wars
French Revolutionary Wars
War of the First Coalition
Battle of Jemappes
Flanders campaign
Siege of Dunkirk (1793)
Battle of Wattignies
Battle of Tourcoing
Battle of Mouscron
Siege of Ypres (1794)
War of the Second Coalition
Battle of Stockach (1799)
Battle of Stockach (1800)
Napoleonic Wars
Peninsular War
Battle of Cardedeu
Battle of Molins de Rei
Battle of Valls
Battle of Vic
Battle of Tordesillas (1812)
War of the Sixth Coalition
German Campaign of 1813
Battle of Lützen (1813)
Battle of Leipzig
Joseph, comte Souham (30 April 1760 – 28 April 1837) was a French general who fought in the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. He was born at Lubersac and died at Versailles. After long service in the French Royal Army, he was elected to lead a volunteer battalion in 1792 during the French Revolution. He was promoted to general of division in September 1793 after playing a prominent role in the defense of Dunkirk. In May 1794 with his commander absent, he took temporary command of the Army of the North and defeated the Coalition army at Tourcoing. He led the covering forces at the siege of Ypres and participated in the successful invasion of the Dutch Republic. He spent many years in occupation duties in Holland and then his career suffered because of his association with Pichegru and Moreau. Starting in 1809 he was employed in Spain during the Peninsular War, winning the Battle of Vich where he was wounded. When he was in army command again, he forced Wellington's army to retreat at Tordesillas in 1812 and became one of the few French generals to remain undefeated in the war. The following year he led a division at Lützen and a corps at Leipzig. He remained loyal to the Bourbons during the Hundred Days.
Joseph, comte Souham (30 April 1760 – 28 April 1837) was a French general who fought in the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. He was born...
Habsburg Austrian reinforcements, Clerfayt counterattacked on the 28th but JosephSouham soon massed superior French forces and drove the Coalition troops out...
O'Donnell suddenly attack a 5,500-man Imperial French division led by JosephSouham. After bitter fighting the French prevailed, forcing O'Donnell's men...
Sambre, French command at Tourcoing had devolved onto the shoulders of JosephSouham. On his return to the front Pichegru renewed the offensive to press...
three-division-strong III Corps. Late on 24 August, Ney turned over command to JosephSouham, who spent 25 August moving his corps into MacDonald's line. In addition...
the royal army fled France eventually to join the émigré army of Louis Joseph, Prince of Condé. Of those who stayed, many were either imprisoned or killed...
(Lubersac (20 December 1801 – Versailles, 1 July 1889), daughter of JosephSouham, in Paris on 19 January 1833.[citation needed] Eugène Michel (Paris...
his army, sending Saint-Suzanne and one of his division commanders, JosephSouham, to the lower Rhine to take charge of reserve troops. Antoine Richepanse...
Friedrich Hermbstädt, German pharmacist, chemist (d. 1833) April 30 – JosephSouham, French general (d. 1837) May 10 – Johann Peter Hebel, German poet (d...
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French Revolutionary Wars. Marshal Charles Pichegru and his generals JosephSouham and Jean Moreau defeated a combined force of British and Austrian troops...
Gilles Joseph Martin Brunteau Saint-Suzanne and consisted of four divisions under Generals of Division Claude Sylvestre Colaud, JosephSouham, Claude...
important cities fell in rapid succession. On 16 January 1795 general JosephSouham accepted the surrender of the city of Utrecht after Prussian troops...
bargaining counter. Its defences, manned by 8,000 men under the command of JosephSouham, were thought to be in a poor state of repair and vulnerable to capture...
(général de brigade) Joseph Sorlus de Bart (général de brigade) Joseph Souham (général de division) Antoine Soulheirac (général de brigade) Jérôme Soulès...
the Army of the North's right wing. Therefore, General of Division JosephSouham temporarily assumed command and exercised it capably during the battle...
four great masses, starting at the North Sea and running southeast. JosephSouham at Dunkirk commanded 8,852 infantry in 17 battalions and 430 cavalry...
Reding decided to retrieve this cut-off army, instead of counter striking at Souham. Planning to meet up with his northern units, Reding left Tarragona with...
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