Louis Auguste Juvénal des Ursins d'Harville
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Louis Auguste Jouvenel des Ursins, Count of Harville (23 April 1749, Paris – 8 May 1815, Harville
, France), was a general of the French Revolutionary Wars
and the Napoleonic Wars
, and a politician of France. He was present at the Battle of Jemappes
on 6 November 1792 and led the Reserve Division at the subsequent Siege of Namur.
Harville
Harville is a commune in the Meuse department in Lorraine in north-eastern France....
, France), was a general of the French Revolutionary Wars
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...
, and a politician of France. He was present at the Battle of Jemappes
Battle of Jemappes
The Battle of Jemappes took place near the town of Jemappes in Hainaut, Belgium, near Mons. General Charles François Dumouriez, in command of the French Revolutionary Army, defeated the greatly outnumbered Austrian army of Field Marshal Duke Albert of Saxe-Teschen and his second-in-command...
on 6 November 1792 and led the Reserve Division at the subsequent Siege of Namur.