Jacques-Antoine-Adrien Delort (1773–1846) was a French

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 general

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 and deputy.

A National Guardsman

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 at the age of 16 in 1789, he died a Lieutenant General

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, aide-de-camp

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to the King and a Peer

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 of France. Major

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 of the 9th Dragoon

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 Regiment, his conduct at Austerlitz

Battle of Austerlitz

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 gave him command of the 24th Dragoons, at the head of which he covered himself with glory in Spain

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 (Molins del Rey, Vic

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h, Valls

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, Sagonte). As a Brigadier General

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 in 1811, he held provisional command of the cavalry

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 of the Army of Aragon

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 through 1813. He beat O'Donell at Castella

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, and charged the pass at Ordal. Recalled to France, Delort charged again at Montereau

Battle of Montereau

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 then, as a Lieutenant General

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, he commanded the 3rd Division

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 of Reserve Cavalry at Waterloo

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