Antoine Marc Augustin Bertoletti
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|name = Antoine Marc Augustine Bertoletti
|birth_date=28 August 1775
|death_date=6 March 1846
|birth_place=Milan
|death_place=Milan (aged 71)
|image= Antoine Marc Augustin Bertoletti.jpg
|caption=Lieutenant General Antoine Marc Augustin Bertoletti
|allegiance={{flagcountry|Napoleonic Italy}} (1805-1813)
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|rank={{flagicon|Napoleonic Italy}} General of brigade
{{flagicon|Habsburg Monarchy}} Field Marshal
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Field Marshal Antonio Marco Agostino Bertoletti (August 28, 1775 – March 6, 1846), better known as Antoine Marc Augustin Bertoletti, was an Italian army officer who served in the Napoleonic Wars. He initially served in the army of the pro-French Kingdom of Italy until switching sides and joining the Austrian Army.
Military career
During the War of the Fifth Coalition, Bertoletti served in the Italian theater under the command of Eugène de Beauharnais, the Viceroy of Italy. At the outbreak of war, he led a brigade in Achille Fontanelli's Division.Bowden & Tarbox, p 102 Later, Jean Rusca took command of the division, which missed the Battle of Piave River.Bowden, p 111 Bertoletti led his brigade in an action at Klagenfurt on 8 June and at Papa, Hungary on 12 June, as well as the major Battle of Raab on 14 June.Smith, p 314-315. Note that Bowden differs from Smith by not listing Rusca's division as present at Raab. During the Battle of Wagram, his brigade defended Klagenfurt on Eugene's line of communications.Bowden, p 160
In June 1813, Bertoletti defended Tarragona with 1,600 soldiers against British Lieutenant-General John Murray's 16,000-man army. Realizing he could not hope to hold the outer walls with his small Franco-Italian garrison, he pulled back into the inner defenses and two outworks. Ultimately, Murray abandoned the siege and 18 heavy cannon when he heard that two French relief columns were due to arrive. When Murray's troops withdrew, Bertoletti alertly called for help from the nearest French column, which soon marched into the fortress. At the news that French reinforcements were nearby, Murray gave up a second plan to capture Tarragona.Glover, p 271-275 After the Napoleonic Wars, Bertoletti served the Austrian crown as field marshal. He died in Vienna. The Arc de Triomphe bears the inscription BERTOLETTI on the 37th column.
References
- Bowden, Scotty & Tarbox, Charlie. Armies on the Danube 1809. Arlington, Texas: Empire Games Press, 1980.
- Glover, Michael. The Peninsular War 1807-1814. London: Penguin, 2001. {{ISBN|0-14-139041-7}}
- Smith, Digby. The Napoleonic Wars Data Book. London: Greenhill, 1998. {{ISBN|1-85367-276-9}}
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External links
- [http://pagesperso-orange.fr/arnauld.divry/arc_de_triomphe.htm The Names of 660 persons inscribed on the Arc de Triomphe]
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Category:Italian commanders of the Napoleonic Wars
Category:Military personnel from Milan