Georges Mouton

Serving in the early campaigns of the French Revolutionary Wars , he by 1800 he was promoted to the rank of colonel. Promoted to ''general de brigade'' in 1805 and ''general de division'' in 1807 , Lobau distinguished himself in the battles of Jena and Aspern , Lützen , Bautzen . During the Russian Campaign , he acted as a senior Aide-de-camp to the emperor whom he accompanied back to France. After Dominique Vandamme was made prisoner during the Battle Of Kulm , Lobau commanded the retreat of the remnants of the corps. He served under Gouvion Saint-Cyr when upon the retreat after the Battle Of Leipzig this marshal got trapped in Dresden and after the surrender of these forces he became an Austrian prisoner for the rest of the war.

During the Hundred Days , Lobau rallied to Napoleon and was made commander of the VI Infantry Corps which he led in the battles of Ligny and Waterloo . After the Second Restoration , Lobau was forced to go into exile until he was allowed to return to France in 1818 . He was elected to the House of Representatives from 1828 to 1830 as a liberal and in 1830 he joined the July Revolution as commander of the National Guard. As a reward for his services to Louis-Philippe he was made a Marshal of France in 1831 , the same year he was made a Peer . In 1832 and 1834 Lobau was tasked to suppress insurrections, a task in which he was successful.

George Mouton, count of Lobau died in Paris in 1838 .

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