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Il s'embarque pour l'Egypte avec son chef en mai 1798 et, après avoir été blessé à Saint-Jean-d'Acre et s'être illustré à Aboukir le 25 juillet 1799, il raccompagne Bonaparte en France. Pendant la Campagne d'Italie en 1800 , il dirige l'avant-garde, le 9 juin, après avoir tenu tête à toute l'armée autrichienne pendant une journée, il remporte la bataille de Montebello.
Fact file. Born Lectoure (Gers), 10 April, 1769, died Eberdorff (Austria), 31 May 1809. A mere volunteer who became a soldier of extraordinary bravery and sang-froid, literally covered in scars, Lannes was a key figure in Napoleon’s military success. Very much down-to-earth (in Italy when offered the Pope’s hand to kiss, he firmly shook it).
On the eve of the battle of Austerlitz, Lannes was ordered to hold the Brunn-Olmutz road, and make a stand against Bagration’s 17,000 troops. On the 2nd of December, the battle of Austerlitz began. During the morning hours, Lannes would hold his ground against the Russians, and by afternoon he went on the offensive.
Jean Lannes D, Duc de Montebello, Marshal (1804) (Born Lectoure, Gers, 1769 - Died Vienna, 1809) Lannes, whose bravery is legendary, may well be Napoleon's best friend. The latter forgives him his frank, sometimes brutal manners, his lack of education. Of him, he will say: "Lannes' bravery was greater than his intellect; but his intellect ...
Jean Lannes (Lectoure, 10 aprile 1769 – Ebersdorf, 31 maggio 1809) è stato un generale francese, Maresciallo dell'Impero e duca di Montebello. Lannes fu uno degli uomini più fedeli a Napoleone, avendo lavorato al suo fianco a partire dai primi giorni della campagna d'Italia e seguendolo in tutte la campagne successive, sino alla sua prematura scomparsa.
DETAILS OF THE BATTLE OF JENA, Fought the 14th October, 1806. AT JENA, 15TH OCTOBER, 1806. The battle which was fought yesterday, near Jena, will form an epoch in history. The Prussian army amounted to 150,000 men: they have lost 200 pieces of cannon, 30 standards, and 28,000 prisoners.
Overall, 5th Corps was too weary to move anywhere, therefore, “Lannes stayed with his troops at Pultusk until 31 December when Napoleon sent for him.” 10 After this hard-fought encounter in the snow, Napoleon ordered Lannes to Warsaw, directing him to pursue Russian General Jean-Henri Essen’s corps who was located between the Narew and the Bug and could potentially threaten ...
