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See also:DUKE OF TREVISO EDOUARD ADOLPHE CASIMIR See also:JOSEPH See also:MORTIER (1768-1835)
, See also:marshal of See also:France, was See also:born at Cateau Cambresis on the 13th of See also:February 1768, and entered the See also:army as a sub-See also:lieutenant in 1791
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He served in the See also:campaigns of 1792 and 1793 on the See also:north-eastern frontier and in the Nether-lands, and subsequently on the See also:Meuse and the See also:Rhine
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In the See also:war against the second See also:coalition in 1799 he was promoted successively See also:general of See also:brigade and general of See also:division
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His conduct of the See also:French occupation of See also:Hanover led See also:Napoleon to include See also:Mortier in the first See also:list of marshals created in 1804
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He commanded a See also:corps of the grande armee in the See also:Ulm See also:campaign in which he distinguished himself particularly by his brilliant See also:action of Diirrenstein; in 18o6 he was again in Hanover andnorth-western See also:Germany, and in 1807 he served with the grande armee in the See also:Friedland campaign
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In 18o8 he was .created See also:duke of Treviso, and shortly afterwards he commanded an army corps in Napoleon's campaign for the recapture of See also:Madrid
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He remained in See also:Spain for two campaigns, winning the victory of Ocana in See also:November 18og
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In 1812 and 1813 he commanded the See also:Young Guard, and in the " defensive campaign of 1814 he rendered brilliant services in command of rearguards and covering detachments
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In 1815, after the See also:flight of See also:
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