Jean Baptiste Vaillant
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Simone Jean Baptiste Vaillant (17511837) was a general of the French Revolutionary Wars
and the Napoleonic Wars
. Promoted to General of Brigade 20 May 1795. His 7th Battalion of Artillery was awarded Armes of Honor on 19 April 1803.
French Revolutionary Wars
The French Revolutionary Wars were a series of major conflicts, from 1792 until 1802, fought between the French Revolutionary government and several European states...
and the Napoleonic Wars
Napoleonic Wars
The Napoleonic Wars were a series of wars declared against Napoleon's French Empire by opposing coalitions that ran from 1803 to 1815. As a continuation of the wars sparked by the French Revolution of 1789, they revolutionised European armies and played out on an unprecedented scale, mainly due to...
. Promoted to General of Brigade 20 May 1795. His 7th Battalion of Artillery was awarded Armes of Honor on 19 April 1803.