Painting of Turreau by Louis Hersent, c. 1800, in the Musée Carnavalet
Nickname(s)
Turreau de Garambouville Turreau de Linières
Born
4 July 1756 Évreux
Died
10 December 1816(1816-12-10) (aged 60) Conches
Allegiance
Kingdom of France Kingdom of the French First French Republic First French Empire
Years of service
1789–1814
Rank
Général de division
Commands held
Armée des Pyrénées orientales Armée de l'Ouest
Battles/wars
French Revolutionary Wars War in the Vendée
Awards
Knight of Saint-Louis Name inscribed on the Arc de Triomphe Baron of the Empire
Other work
Governor of Belle-Île French Ambassador to the United States
Louis-Marie Turreau (French pronunciation:[lwimaʁityʁo]; 4 July 1756, Évreux, Eure – 10 December 1816, Conches), also known as Turreau de Garambouville or Turreau de Linières, was a French general officer of the French Revolutionary Wars. He was most notable as the organiser of the colonnes infernales during the war in the Vendée, which massacred tens of thousands of Vendéens and ravaged the countryside. He attained army command, but without notable military accomplishments. Under the First French Empire, he pursued a career as a high functionary, becoming ambassador to the United States then a Baron of the Empire.
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Louis-MarieTurreau (French pronunciation: [lwi maʁi tyʁo]; 4 July 1756, Évreux, Eure – 10 December 1816, Conches), also known as Turreau de Garambouville...
infernales) were operations led by the French Revolutionary general LouisMarieTurreau in the War in the Vendée, after the failure of the Royalist Virée...
del Rei) on 13–15 October saw the Spanish repel the assaults of LouisMarieTurreau. A 5,000-man Portuguese division led by John Forbes joined Ricardos...
consisted of the siege of that town, and was a Republican victory. LouisMarieTurreau wrote of it: The siege of Nantes is perhaps the most important military...
Augustin Tuncq (général de division) LouisMarieTurreau de Garambouville, baron de Linières (général de division) Louis Jean Charles Urtubie (général de...
positions. At nightfall some représentants en mission, Pierre-Louis Prieur, LouisMarieTurreau, and Pierre Bourbotte, arrived at the Republican camp. Surprised...
Virée de Galerne, tried to resist the infernal columns of General LouisMarieTurreau. Groups of Chouans north of the Loire took up arms again in the areas...
seven since Antoine Merlin de Thionville, Jean-Baptiste Carrier and LouisMarieTurreau were already there. The republican forces waited again for a reinforcement...
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from 13 to 15 October, Ricardos bloodily repulsed the attacks of GD LouisMarieTurreau. D'Aoust was defeated again on 7 December at the Battle of Villelongue...
four times greater than Spanish losses. He won another victory over LouisMarieTurreau at the Battle of the Tech (Pla del Rey) in mid-October. While leading...
command of the army on 29 September. The French government appointed LouisMarieTurreau to lead the army, but he would not arrive until 11 October. On 3...
across the pass, so he ordered an offensive to occupy the area. LouisMarieTurreau's division advanced northeast from the Canton of Valais in support...
prevent any interference from French troops under General of Division LouisMarieTurreau. The assault ran into fierce French resistance at once. The 250 Russian...
First Battle of Boulou. On 11 October 1793, LouisMarieTurreau arrived to take command of the army. Turreau was shocked at the way the representatives-on-mission...
among them were Louis Joseph, Prince of Condé (cousin of Louis XVI), Condé's son, Louis Henri, Duke of Bourbon, and Condé's grandson, Louis Antoine, Duke...
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