Jean Pierre François Bonet

Jean Pierre François Bonet, Count of Bonet[note 1] (Alençon, 8 August 1768 – Alençon, 23 November 1857) was a French military commander during the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars.

During the Peninsular War, Bonet saw action at Gamonal (10 November 1808).[1] Both he and his commanding officer, Marshal Marmont, were wounded by shrapnel at the Battle of Salamanca.

Bonet is among the names of French military leaders inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe.

Notes
  1. Oman (1902) spells the surname Bonnet

References
  1. Oman, Charles (1902). A History of the Peninsular War, Vol. I, pp. 393, 422, 424, 429. Project Gutenberg. Retrieved 15 April 2023.

Bibliography
  • Gates, David (1986). The Spanish Ulcer: A History of the Peninsular War. Pimlico 2002. ISBN 0712697306
  • Pope, Stephen (1999). The Cassel Dictionary of the Napoleonic Wars. Cassel. ISBN 0-304-35229-2.
  • Schneid, Frederick C. (2011). The French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Mainz: Institute of European History.
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