Guillaume Philibert Duhesme | |
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 General Duhesme at the Battle of Diersheim, by Charles Thévenin | |
| Nickname(s) | Le Général Baïonnette |
| Born | 7 July 1766 Mercurey, France |
| Died | 20 June 1815 Waterloo |
| Buried | Duhesme Mausoleum |
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| Branch | French Army |
| Service years | 1791–1815 |
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Guillaume Philibert, 1st Count Duhesme, (French pronunciation: [ɡijom filibɛʁ dyɛm]) born on the 7th July 1766 in Mercurey (formerly Bourgneuf), Burgundy, killed on the 20th June 1815 near Waterloo, was a French general, politician and writer during the French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars. He was a commander of the Imperial Guard, Governor of Catalonia and a Peer of France. Napoleon wrote that "he was a fearless soldier, covered with wounds and of the greatest bravery, an accomplished general, who always stood firm in good and bad fortune". Duhesme is widely regarded as one of the greatest infantry generals of the Napoleonic Wars.