Jean-Baptiste Meynier

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Jean-Baptiste Meynier
Born22 April 1749 (1749-04-22)
Died3 December 1813 (1813-12-04) (aged 64)
Allegiance
Légion d'Honneur
, CC 1804

Jean-Baptiste Meynier, born 22 April 1749 – died 3 December 1813, was a French soldier who served during the

Napoleon Bonaparte, who had a low opinion of his military talent. In 1803 he was appointed to command the fortress of Mainz
. He died there in 1813.

Career

Meynier enlisted in the French royal army in 1765 and later fought in the

captain
in 1792.

While serving in the army of

general of brigade.[1]

He was appointed commander of Landau on 7 April 1793.

On 20 May 1793, Meynier was promoted to

Dragoons.[3]

A 30 October 1793 order of battle shows Meynier's Avantgarde consisting of the same units as at Wissembourg, with the 93rd and 95th Line subtracted and the 12th Line added. In addition, the cavalry regiments were regrouped under the command of Jean Claude Loubat de Bohan.[4] On 17 to 20 September 1794, Meynier led a division in the battle of Kaiserslautern. In the Coalition victory, both sides lost about 1,000 killed and wounded, but the Coalition forces captured 3,100 Frenchmen, four guns, and three colors.[5]

A muster roll for

Raphaël de Casabianca as, "incapable; not fit to command a battalion in a war as active as this one."[8]

Meynier was appointed commander of the 18th Military District in 1800. He was named governor of the fortress of

Légion d'Honneur
in 1804. He died at Mainz on 3 December 1813.

Meynier's death occurred during the Allied blockade of Mainz, which lasted from 21 November 1813 and ended on 4 May 1814 after Emperor Napoleon's abdication. Charles Antoine Morand was the general in command of the 17,000 defenders.[9]

Notes

  1. ^ Cust 1859, p. 117.
  2. ^ Broughton, French Officers: Mellet to Mireur
  3. ^ Smith (1998), 58
  4. ^ Smith (1998), 40
  5. ^ Smith (1998), 92. No subordinate units are listed.
  6. ^ Boycott-Brown (2001), 195
  7. ^ Boycott-Brown (2001), 273
  8. ^ Boycott-Brown (2001), 412
  9. ^ Smith (1998), 526

References

  • Boycott-Brown, Martin (2001). The Road to Rivoli: Napoleon's First Campaign. London: Cassell & Co.
    ISBN 0-304-35305-1
    .
  • Broughton, Tony. "Generals Who Served in the French Army during the Period 1789-1814: Mellet to Mireur". Retrieved 22 March 2012.
  • Cust, Edward (1859). "Annals of the Wars: 1783-1795". Retrieved 2 September 2015.
  • ISBN 1-85367-276-9
    .
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