Remon, Victor Yurben

Born in the family of a geometer, in 1791 entered the military service as a volunteer of the 5th battalion of the Oise, participated in the campaign of 1792 in the ranks of the Moselle army, in 1793 entered the School of Military Engineers, from where he was released in 1794 with the rank of junior lieutenant, distinguished himself in the battle of June 26, 1794 at Fleurus, March 21, 1795 - lieutenant, July 3, 1795 - captain, fought in the Rhine-Moselle army, distinguished himself during the siege of Mainz. On September 17, 1796, he was captured at Kehl, but already on July 20, 1797, he received his freedom and the following year was seconded to the headquarters of the Danube Army.

He took part in the campaigns of 1805, 1806 and 1807 as part of the Legrand division , fought at Ulm, Austerlitz, Jena and Lübeck. On January 5, 1807, he was promoted to battalion commander, was in the 4th corps , distinguished himself in the battles of Eylau and Heilsberg. On October 22, 1808, he was awarded the title Colonel of Staff with an appointment to the Rhine Army .

November 14, 1808 defined in the 2nd Corps of the Army of Spain and served on the Iberian Peninsula under the command of Marshal Soult , fought at Burgos, Ponferrada, Kacabelos, Lugo, Oporto and Talavera, where he was wounded. November 15, 1809 entered the service of the Spanish kingdom with the rank of colonel and was appointed commander of a separate infantry corps at Rio Tinto , designed to cover the blockade of Cadiz , November 15, 1809 - Brigadier General of the Spanish Service. July 14, 1810 he returned to the French service with the appointment to the headquarters of the Army of Spain, from August 9, 1811 he commanded the vanguard of the 2nd Infantry Division, General Godino , and on August 3, 1811 - Brigadier General, commander of the 1st Brigade of the 1st Infantry Division 5- On October 28, 1811, at the head of a column of 1,500 infantry, he stopped the advance of the English army in the battle of Arroyo de los Molinos, after which he occupied Niebla and took part in the deblockade of Rhonda. After the reorganization of the army, on February 7, 1812, he headed the 2nd Brigade of the 5th Infantry Division of Drouet d'Erlon . In the battle of June 21, 1813, at Vitoria, he commanded the brigade of the 1st Infantry Division of General Leval , on August 30, 1813, was wounded by a bullet in the left side during the siege of Saint Sebastian and left the service for treatment on December 18 of that year.

During the first restoration, the Bourbons remained without office assignment from September 1, 1814, was elected to the House of Representatives from the Department of Orne on May 16, 1815, joined the 18th Infantry Division of General Girard of the Alpine Army on June 6, 1815 and from June 22 to 26 headed the entire division After the second restoration, it was determined to be in reserve; after the July revolution, he was elected a member of the Chamber of Deputies from the Orne Department on October 28, 1830. He retired on July 5, 1831 and devoted himself to agriculture.

• Baron Remon and the Empire ( Fr. baron Rémond et de l'Empire ; decree of December 13, 1813, patent confirmed February 17, 1815).

  Legionnaire of the Legion of Honor (June 14, 1804)

  Officer of the Legion of Honor (July 11, 1807)

  Commander of the Legion of Honor (November 25, 1813)

  Cavalier of the Military Order of St. Louis (1814)

  Grand Officer of the Legion of Honor (April 20, 1831)

• "Victor Urbain Rémond", dans Robert et Cougny, Dictionnaire des parlementaires français, 1889.

• Information about the general on the site base Léonore