"An Honest Man"

1754 July 31 - Born at Palise (Doubs)
1769 September 15 - Enlists in Regiment de Champagne-infanterie
1773 June 30 - Purchases discharge
1774 April 8 - Reenlists in Gendarmerie-Anglais
1776 August 15 - Dismissed for misconduct
1779 August 16 - Commissioned in Corps d'infanterie de Nassau-Siegen
1788 June 1 - Transfers to 5-th Bataillon de Chasseurs
1793 June 26 - Appointed to command 5-th Demi-Brigade Legere
1794 February 18 - Appointed general de brigade
1794 June 9 - Appointed general de division
1794 August 17 - Appointed to command l'Armee des Pyrennees Occidentales
1795 September 15 - Appointed to command 11-th Division at Bayonne
1797 October 26 - Denounced as royalist
1800 March 24 - Appointed lieutenant to Moreau, l'Armee du Rhin
1800 June 20 - Commands corps in l'Armee d'Italie
1801 March 8 - Appointed to command l'Armee d'Italie
1801 December 3 - Inspecteur general de la Gendarmerie
1804 May 19 - Created Marechal d'Empire (third in seniority)
1807 December 16 - Commands Corps d'Observation des Cotes de l'Ocean
1808 July 2 - Created duc de Conegliano
1809 January 2 - Recalled from Spain
1809 September 5 - Commands l'Armee de la Tete-de-Flandre
1813 November 16 - Commands l'Armee de Reserve des Pyrennees
1814 January 8 - Major-general of the Garde Nationale de Paris
1815 August 29 - Refuses to preside at Ney's court-martial
1823 February 12 - Commands IV Corps, l'Armee des Pyrennees
1833 December 17 - Appointed governor of Les Invalides
1842 April 20 - Dies at Paris

Moncey "[He] was an honest man".

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by Gipsy