"The Misnamed Bayard"

1768 August 6 - Born at Prayssac (Lot)
1792 April 5 - Enters Constitutional Guard
1792 August 10 - Participates in defense of the Tuileries Palace
1792 November 1 - Enlists in Legion des Perennees in l'Armee des Perennees
1794 April 31-May 1 - Distinguishes himself at Battle of Boulou
1795 August - Transfered with his regiment to l'Armee d'Italie
1796 May 30 - Captures gun single handedly at Borghetto
1796 June 5 - Appointed to command Bonaparte's bodyguard - the Guides
1796 November 15-17 - Carries out successful diversion in enemy rear at Arcola
1797 January 14-15 - Leads successful cavalry charge at Rivoli
1797 January 27 - Sent back to Paris with dispatches and captured standards
1798 May 19 - Sails for Egypt with Bonaparte
1799 July 25 - Fights at Aboukir; promoted general de brigade
1799 August 22 - Returns to France with Bonaparte
1799 November 9-10 - Supports Bonaparte in coup of 18 Brumaire
1799 November 11 - Appointed second in command of newly created Consular Guard
1800 June 14 - Fights with distinction at Marengo
1801 October 26 - Marries Adele Marie Jeanne Lapeyriere
1804 May 19 - Appointed Marechal d'Empire (fourteenth in seniority)
1805 December 2 - Commands Guard cavalry at Austerlitz; repels last Russian counterattack
1807 February 8 - Supports Murat's great cavalry charge at Eylau
1807 June 25-July 9 - Participates in Conference of Tilsit
1808 March 9 - Appointed to command the corps d'observation of the Western Pyrenees
1808 July 14 - Defeats Cuesta and Blake at Medina de Rio Seco
1809 May 21-22 - Holds French center at Aspern-Essling
1809 May 28 - Created duc d'Istrie
1809 July 6 - Slightly wounded at Wagram
1811 January 8 - Appointed to command l'Armee du Nord in Spain
1811 May 3-5 - Accompanies Massena at Fuentes de Onoro
1811 September 20 - Returns to Paris
1812 September 7 - Present at Borodino; persuades Napoleon not to use Imperial Guard
1813 May 1 - Killed by cannon ball on eve of Lutzen

Bessiéres "If I had had Bessieres at Waterloo, my Guard would have brought me Victory".

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by Gipsy