How to Pronounce Jean-Jacques Ambert
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Sep 30, 1765 Saint Céré, Occitania, France Died on 20 Nov 1851 (aged 86)
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About Jean Jacques Ambert
- Jean-Jacques Ambert (30 September 1765 – 20 November 1851) commanded a French division in several engagements during the French Revolutionary Wars.
- He embarked on a French ship of the line during the American Revolutionary War and saw several actions.
- At the start of the French Revolutionary Wars he commanded a battalion and thereafter enjoyed fast promotion.
- He led a division in action at Kaiserslautern in 1793, Kaiserslautern in 1794, Luxembourg, Handschusheim, and Mannheim in 1795, and Kehl in 1796.
- His career later suffered eclipse because of his association with two French army commanders suspected of treason.
- He spent much of the Napoleonic Wars commanding a Caribbean island, clearing his name, and filling interior posts.
- His surname is one of the names inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe.
