Jacques Philippe Bonnaud

Jacques Philippe Bonnaud or Bonneau (11 September 1757 – 30 March 1797) commanded a French combat division in a number of actions during the French Revolutionary Wars. In April 1794, he reluctantly accepted command of a division that had been cut to pieces in its previous engagement, and this at a time when failed generals often were sent to the guillotine. He led his troops at Willems, Tourcoing, Ypres and in the invasion of the Dutch Republic. He fought in the War in the Vendée the following year. In the Rhine Campaign of 1796 he led a cavalry division in combat at Amberg, Würzburg and Limburg. He was badly wounded in the latter action and never recovered, dying at Bonn six months later. BONNEAU is one of the names inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe.