Claude François Ferey [SEP] conflict
Claude François Ferey
Claude François Ferey, Baron de Rozengath (21 September 1771 – 24 July 1812) became a division commander during the Napoleonic Wars and was killed fighting the British in Spain. In 1787 he joined the French Royal Army and became an officer in 1792. His surname is one of the Names inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe, on Column 38. At the end of the Battle of Salamanca his division held off the victorious Anglo-Portuguese, while the rest of the army escaped. He was killed in
. Ferey was mortally wounded and 1,000 of his troops became casualties during the fighting.
A different Claude François Ferey was born on 22 December 1723, attained the rank of general of brigade on 25 August 1793, and died on 6 January 1806.