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4 unusual facts about Jean Maximilien Lamarque


Jean Maximilien Lamarque

After the Revolution of 1830, he was given command of military forces in order to suppress Legitimist risings against the new July Monarchy of Louis-Philippe.

He was particularly noted for his capture of Capri from the British, and for his defeat of Royalist forces in the Vendée in 1815.

While Napoleon marched to Belgium to deal with the British and Prussian armies, Lamarque commanded a division of ten thousand men against a Royalist uprising in La Vendée under General Canuel.

Louis-Philippe invested him with Légion d'honneur on 21 August.



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