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Georges Joseph Dufour
Georges Joseph Dufour (1758-1820) was a French Republican and military commander during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars.
Biography.
Dufour was born at Saint-Seine in France in 1758, and joined the military at Nivernais. He fought at Verdun in 1792, and joined a number of officers refusing to sign the capitulation. He also fought at Battle of Neerwinden, at Namurs, and participated in the suppression of the anti-revolutionary uprising in the Vendée. He was present when the
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- Georges Joseph Dufour ("général de division")
- Simon Camille Dufresse ("général de brigade")
- Eléonor Bernard Anne Christophe Zoa Dufriche, baron de Valazé ("général de division")
- Jacques François Coquille ("général de division")
- Louis François Auguste Mazel du Goulot ("général de brigade")
- Charles François Joseph Dugua ("général de division")
- Philibert Guillaume