Jean Joseph Magdeleine Pijon

Jean Joseph Magdeleine Pijon or Jean Pigeon, bornSeptember 1758 diedApril 1799, was a French general who was killed in combat during the French Revolutionary Wars. He led an attack column at Loano in late 1795. He commanded a brigade in Napoleon Bonapartes French Army of Italy during several famous campaigns. In 1796 he fought at Lonato where he was briefly captured, Rovereto where he was in the forefront of the action, Bassano, Cerea where he led the advance guard, and early in the Arcole campaign where he was wounded. In Italy during 1799, he fought at Verona and met his death at Magnano. His surname is one of the 660 names inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe.

Pijon was born onSeptember 1758 at Lavaur in what later became the department of Tarn in southwest France. Nothing is known about his early life. He joined the army of the First French Republic and rose in rank to become the chef de brigade of the 21st Line Infantry DemiBrigade onDecember 1793. He was promoted to general of brigade onDecember 1794.

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