Jean-Baptiste Jourdan

Jean-Baptiste Jourdan

American Revolutionary War

  • Siege of Savannah (1779)

French Revolutionary Wars

  • Battle of Jemappes (1792)
  • Battle of Neerwinden (1793)
  • Battle of Hondschoote (1793)
  • Battle of Wattignies (1793)
  • Battle of Fleurus (1794)
  • Battle of Amberg (1796)
  • Battle of Würzburg (1796)
  • Battle of Ostrach (1799)
  • Battle of Stockach (1799)

Napoleonic Wars

  • Battle of Talavera (1809)
  • Battle of Vitoria (1813)

Jean-Baptiste Jourdan, 1st Comte Jourdan (29 April 1762 – 23 November 1833), enlisted as a private in the French royal army and rose to command armies during the French Revolutionary Wars. Emperor Napoleon I of France named him a Marshal of France in 1804 and he also fought in the Napoleonic Wars. After 1815, he became reconciled to the Bourbon Restoration. He was one of the most successful commanders of the French Revolutionary Army.

Read more about Jean-Baptiste Jourdan:  Early Career, War of The First Coalition, War of The Second Coalition, Napoleonic Wars and Later Life