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Jean Victor Marie Moreau


 

Jean Victor Marie Moreau (February 14, 1763September 2, 1813), French general, was born at Morlaix in Brittany.

Suggested readings

The literature on Moreau is copious, the best book being C Jochmus, General Moreau--Abriss einer Geschichte seines Lebens und seiner Feldzuge (Berlin, 1814). A more ordinary work is A de Beauchamp, Vie politique, miliitaire, et privée du Général Moreau, translated by Philippart (London, 1814); and there is a curious tract on his death in Russian, translated into English under the title, Some Details Concerning General Moreau and his Last Moments, by Paul Svinin (London, 1814).

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The town of Moreau, New York is named after him.

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