At the Battle of Willems, French infantry in square repulsed Coalition cavalry for the first time.[1]
Born
7 November 1741 (1741-11-07) Avillers-Sainte-Croix, Meuse, France
Died
8 June 1794 (1794-06-09) (aged 52) Lille, France
Allegiance
Kingdom of France France
Service/branch
Infantry
Years of service
1758–1794
Rank
General of Brigade
Battles/wars
War of the First Coalition
Battle of Wattignies (1793)
Battle of Willems (1794)
Battle of Tourcoing (1794) †
Awards
Order of Saint Louis, 1786
Nicholas Pierquin (7 November 1741 – 8 June 1794) enlisted in the French Royal Army in 1759 and was appointed captain in 1791. With the start of the War of the First Coalition, promotions became rapid and he was elevated to the rank of general of brigade in September 1793. He fought at Wattignies in the Low Countries theatre of the War of the First Coalition. He led a division-sized unit at the start of 1794. He led his troops during the battles of Willems and Tourcoing and he was mortally wounded in the latter action.
Willems and Tourcoing and he was mortally wounded in the latter action. NicolasPierquin was born at Avillers-Sainte-Croix in what later became Meuse department...
Bonnaud's division was made up of the brigades of Jean-Baptiste Salme, NicolasPierquin, and Pierre Nöel, while the cavalry was grouped under Antoine-Raymond...
Picquet (général de division) Adrien Nicolas Piédefer, marquis de La Salle (général de brigade) NicolasPierquin (général de brigade) Jean Ignace Pierre...
listed Jardon, Macdonald, Malbrancq, Daendels, Vandamme, Desenfans, Osten, Pierquin, Compère, and Thierry as divisions subordinate to the divisions of Souham...
(Menin), Joseph Souham with 31,115 soldiers at Kortrijk (Courtrai), NicolasPierquin with 8,423 men at Cantin and Pierre-Jacques Osten with 7,569 troops...
for war. Morvan horses had a good reputation as war horses, according to Pierquin de Gembloux.: 64 The Morvan horse fell victim to industrialisation and...
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