Jean Pierre François Bonet

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Jean Pierre François Bonet, Count of Bonet[note 1] (Alençon, 8 August 1768 Alençon, 23 November 1857) was a French military commander during the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars.

During the Peninsular War, Bonet saw action at Gamonal (10 November 1808).[1] Both he and his commanding officer, Marshal Marmont, were wounded by shrapnel at the Battle of Salamanca.

Bonet is among the names of French military leaders inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe.

Notes

  1. Oman (1902) spells the surname Bonnet

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