Jacques Louis François Delaistre de Tilly explained

Jacques Louis François Delaistre de Tilly
Birth Date:	1749 2, df=yes
Birth Place:	Vernon, Eure, France
Death Place:	Paris, France
Allegiance:	France
Branch:	Cavalry
Rank:	General of Division
Battles:	French Revolutionary Wars Battle of Savenay Napoleonic Wars
Awards:	Baron d'Empire (1812)

Jacques-Louis-François Delaistre de Tilly (pronounced as /fr/; 2 February 1749, Vernon, Eure - 10 January 1822, Paris) became a general officer in the French army during the French Revolutionary Wars. He led a cavalry division in a number of battles during the Napoleonic Wars. His name is inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe.

Service

29 November 1792 : Colonel of the 6th Regiment of Dragoons
21 April 1793 : General of Brigade
2 December 1793 : General of Division
23 December 1793 : Commanded troops at the Battle of Savenay
5 May 1801 : Commander in chief of the Armée de l'Ouest
11 October 1805 : Commanded the Cavalry Division of the VI Corps at the Battle of Haslach-Jungingen^[1]
14 October 1805 : Commanded the Cavalry Division of the VI Corps at the Battle of Elchingen^[2]
17 October 1806 : Commanded the Cavalry Division of the I Corps at the Battle of Schleiz^[3]
17 October 1806 : Commanded the Cavalry Division of the I Corps at the Battle of Halle^[4]
6 November 1806 : Commanded the Cavalry Division of the I Corps at the Battle of Lübeck^[5]
25 January 1807 : Commanded the Cavalry Division of the I Corps at the Battle of Mohrungen^[6]
21 June 1813 : Commanded the 2nd Cavalry Division of the Army of the South at the Battle of Vitoria^[7]