Jacques Louis François Delaistre de Tilly

Jacques-Louis-François Delaistre de Tilly (2 February 1749, Vernon, Eure – 10 January 1822, Paris) became a general officer in the French army during the French Revolutionary Wars. He led a cavalry division in a number of battles during the Napoleonic Wars. His name is inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe.

Service

 * 29 November 1792 : Colonel of the 6th Regiment of Dragoons
 * 21 April 1793 : General of Brigade
 * 2 December 1793 : General of Division
 * 23 December 1793 : Commanded troops at the Battle of Savenay
 * 5 May 1801 : Commander in chief of the Armée de l'Ouest
 * 11 October 1805 : Commanded the Cavalry Division of the VI Corps at the Battle of Haslach-Jungingen
 * 14 October 1805 : Commanded the Cavalry Division of the VI Corps at the Battle of Elchingen
 * 17 October 1806 : Commanded the Cavalry Division of the I Corps at the Battle of Schleiz
 * 17 October 1806 : Commanded the Cavalry Division of the I Corps at the Battle of Halle
 * 6 November 1806 : Commanded the Cavalry Division of the I Corps at the Battle of Lübeck
 * 25 January 1807 : Commanded the Cavalry Division of the I Corps at the Battle of Mohrungen
 * 21 June 1813 : Commanded the 2nd Cavalry Division of the Army of the South at the Battle of Vitoria

Decorations

 * 25 March 1809 : Chevalier d'Empire
 * 23 April 1812 : Baron d'Empire

Honours

 * TILLY is engraved on Column 4 of the Arc de Triomphe

Printed materials

 * Smith, Digby. The Napoleonic Wars Data Book. London: Greenhill, 1998. ISBN 1-85367-276-9
 * Glover, Michael. The Peninsular War 1807-1814. London: Penguin, 2001. ISBN 0-14-139041-7