Pire (Hippolyte) C r
Name
Pire
Nation
France
Rating
3" A(5)+0
Drop
0
CavalryValidated forIV
Command Ratings
Division
3"A(5)+0
Points: 8
Cavalry or Temp Corps
5"A(5)+0
Points: 15
Corps
8"A(5)+0
Points: 21
Small Army
9"A(5)+0
Points: 32
Wing
10"A(5)+0
Points: 35
Medium Army
12"A(5)+0
Points: 41
Large Army
18"A(5)+0
Points: 59
Supreme HQ
26"A(5)+0
Points: 83
No biography is available for this general.
As a junior officer in 1794-95 he served in French royalist TmigrT units fighting against the French Revolutionary governments (notably in Rohan's Legion in British pay). He was a royalist officer at Quiberon (wounded). When an amnesty was offered, he returned to France and became an officer in Napoleon's army (1800). X rank in 3/09; X 09 Abensberg-Eckmuhl, Aspern-Essling, Wagram, Znaim; X 12 Russia; X 13 Dresden, Leipzig; XX rank in 10/13; XX 14 La Rothiere; XXX (Temp.) 14; XX 15 Quatre Bras, Waterloo. (1778-1850)