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Tango01  | 17 Jul 2023 4:51 p.m. PST |
… de Montélégier "The son of a general, Gabriel Gaspard Achille Adolphe Bernon de Montélégier joined the army by volunteering to join the 7th Hussars in May of 1798. After joining the expedition to Egypt, he served at the Battle of the Pyramids where he was wounded. General Bonaparte was impressed by the young soldier and commissioned him as a sous-lieutenant on the battlefield and gave him a new position as aide-de-camp to General Bon. In 1799 Bernon de Montélégier served as an aide-de-camp to General Davout and that February he was wounded by two saber blows at the combat of Luxor. Two weeks later he was promoted to lieutenant and then in July he served at the Battle of Abukir. In 1800 Bernon de Montélégier was taken prisoner by the British…" Main page
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