Jean Baptiste van Merlen

Jean Baptiste Baron van Merlen

Major General Jean Baptiste Baron van Merlen (Antwerp, 15 April 1773 – Battle of Waterloo, 18 June 1815) was a Dutch-Belgian army officer who fought in the Napoleonic Wars. He a Knight and Officer of the Legion of Honour.[lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 2][1]

Up until 1815 van Merlen had fought in the French army, including in the Peninsular War as a cavalry commander against the British Army. In the Waterloo Campaign he fought against the French in the Duke of Wellington's army and died in the battle of Waterloo.[1]

Notes

  1. ↑ also spelt Joannes Baptista Baron van Merlen
  2. ↑ Baron de l'empire
  1. 1 2 Barbero 2013, p. 46.

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