Jean-Baptiste Muiron [SEP] date of birth
Jean-Baptiste Muiron
Jean-Baptiste Muiron (10 January 1774 – 15 November 1796) was a French Army officer. He rose to fame by allegedly sacrificing himself to save the life of General Bonaparte at the Battle of the Bridge of Arcole. A frigate captured in Venice, the "Muiron", was renamed in his honour.
Career.
He was born to the family of a fermier général du roi. In 1793, he served as an artillery captain at the Siege of Toulon, where he met
Forfait. "Muiron" was named to honour Colonel Jean-Baptiste Muiron, an aide-de-camp of Bonaparte who had covered Bonaparte with his body during the Battle of the Bridge of Arcole.
The "Muiron" was armed with 28 × 18-pounder guns on the upper deck, and 12 × 6-pounder guns on the quarterdeck and forecastle, and manned with a complement of 340. She was incorporated in the fleet that invaded Egypt, and after the Battle of the Nile, Bonaparte departed for France aboard. She