Nicolas Hyacinthe Gautier Explained
Nicolas Hyacinthe Gautier (pronounced as /fr/; 1774, Loudéac - 1809) was a French general of the Napoleonic Wars.
He was fatally injured at the Battle of Wagram, and died in Vienna a week later.
His name is inscribed on column 18 of the Arc de Triomphe.
References
- Vicomte Révérend, Armorial du premier empire, tome 2, Honoré Champion, libraire, Paris, 1897, p. 218.
- Prosper Jean Levot, Biographie Bretonne, recueil de notice sur tous les bretons qui se sont fait un nom Éditeur : Cauderan, Vannes et Dumoulin, Paris, 1852