Dupa, Pierre Louis

Born in a bourgeois family. March 1, 1775 at the age of 14 he entered the military service in the regiment of Savoy dragoons of the army of the Sardinian kingdom. March 30, 1787 transferred to the service of the Republic of Geneva. On August 1, 1787, he was assigned to the Swiss regiment of Chatouvier in French service, after which he left for Corsica with the 1st battalion. In 1788 he returned to France. July 13, 1789 joined the National Guard of Paris, took part in the assault on the Bastille . August 1, 1792 - lieutenant colonel of the 6th legion of the foot gendarmerie, known as the "Bastille Winners". August 13, 1792 - Senior Ajudan of the Allobrozh Legion of Allobrogs as part of the Alpine Army, from August 10, 1793 he commanded the carabinieri of this Legion. He participated in the occupation of Savoy, served as adjutant to General Carto during the siege of Toulon. In 1794 he was transferred to the Army of the Eastern Pyrenees, distinguished himself during the conquest of the valley of Aarau. November 7, 1795 - commander of the 3rd battalion of the 4th semi-brigade of light infantry in the Italian army. May 5, 1796 - commander of the 2nd battalion of carabinieri as part of the vanguard of General Dahlman. He distinguished himself at Lodi, where he crossed the bridge with 200 allobrog carabinieri and the 29th light one, and made a significant contribution to the victory. He was awarded an honorary saber for these actions by Napoleon . In June 1796 he distinguished himself in the battle of Livorno, on October 7, 1796 he was appointed to the 27th light infantry semi-brigade. He commanded the 8th Grenadier Battalion, received four gunshot wounds at the battle of Caldiero. In 1798 he became part of the Eastern Army and took part in the Egyptian expedition. On May 11, 1798 he was appointed commander of the battalion of walking guides General Bonaparte. January 12, 1799 promoted to colonel, and appointed interim commander of the 69th semi-brigade of the linear half-brigade. On February 8, 1799, he was appointed commandant of the Cairo citadel, which he defended for 34 days, having only 200 wounded soldiers against rebellious local residents and 2,000 Turks. To the demand to surrender, he replied: "I have no alternative but to surrender and death, therefore, I must stop on death!" 5 flags captured in this battle, ammunition and weapons were transported to Paris , and hang under the dome of the house of the Disabled . September 23, 1801 returned to France.

On May 2, 1803, he headed the Mameluke squadron as part of the Consular Guard . On August 29, 1803 he received the rank of brigadier general, and on October 5 he was appointed to the 15th military district as senior commander of the coastline from the Seine to the Somme . December 13 headed the 2nd brigade of the Grenadier Division of General Junot in Arras . In the campaign of 1805 he fought under the command of General Oudinot . He distinguished himself in the battle of Austerlitz, where he captured about 5,000 Austrians.

December 24, 1805 promoted to division generals. On September 20, 1806, Dupa led the 1st Infantry Division in the new 8th Army Corps of Marshal Mortier . Under his command were the 2nd, 12th and 28th regiments of light infantry and the 14th linear. Participated in the siege of Stralsund, distinguished himself in the battle of Friedland. In 1808, with his division, was deployed in Denmark.

From April 10, 1809, he commanded a division in the 9th Army Corps of the German Army . During the Austrian campaign of 1809 he distinguished himself in the battles of Passau, Regensburg and Essling. He participated in the Wagram battle, two days after this battle, under his command, only 23 people of the 5th lung remained from the entire division. July 9, 1809 - commander of the 2nd Grenadier Division of the 2nd Corps .

In 1809 he acquired the Château de Ripay in the department of Mont Blanc. Since March 1810, he remained without an official appointment. Since 1811, he was married to Mademoiselle Raymond, the niece of General Julien .

On June 1, 1813 he returned to active service with the appointment of the 42nd Infantry Division as commander, in August 1813 he was placed at the disposal of Marshal Augereau as commander of the 42nd Division of the Mainz Observation Corps, on September 13 he was forced to surrender his command and return to France . He returned to his estate. November 25, 1813 resigned. The name of the general is embossed on the Arc de Triomphe in Paris.

• Captain (December 1, 1792);
• Battalion commander (August 10, 1793);
• Colonel (January 12, 1799, approved April 4, 1802);
• Brigadier General (August 29, 1803);
• Division General (December 24, 1805).

• Count of Dupas and the Empire ( French comte Dupas et de l'Empire ; Decree of January 28, 1809, patent validated February 10, 1809) ^[1] .

• Honorary weapon for the battle of Lodi

  Legionnaire of the Legion of Honor (September 24, 1803)

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

  Cavalier of the Bavarian Order of Leo (December 24, 1805)

  Cavalier of the Order of the Iron Crown (December 23, 1807)

• Charles Mullié . Biographie des célébrités militaires des armées de terre et de mer de 1789 à 1850, 1852.