1. Jean Boudet was made a grand officer of the Legion d'honneur on 2 June 1809 and a knight of the Order of the Iron Crown, as well as a Comte de l'Empire in 1808.
11 Facts About Jean Boudet
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Jean Boudet's name is engraved on the 16th column of the east side of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris.
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Jean Boudet was landed at Pointe des Salines and captured fort Fleur d'epee and the town of Pointe-a-Pitre, strongly defended by the British.
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Jean Boudet completed the conquest of the island by a long series of brilliant feats of arms and the French Directory raised him to the rank of general de division.
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Jean Boudet led the vanguard in the second Italian campaign of Napoleon Bonaparte and gained distinction at the head of his division, especially at Lodi and Marengo, being wounded at the latter.
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The Haitian historian A Beaubrun-Ardouin writes that Boudet was almost unique in his humanity towards enemy soldiers or prisoners, gaining respect even from his enemies.
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Jean Boudet was still highly appreciated by Guadeloupe's inhabitants since his previous time on the island and thus left Saint-Domingue for Guadeloupe on 21 April 1802, but unfortunately general Antoine Richepanse's expedition reached the island before him and Richepanse's brutal command immediately ignited a revolt there by Louis Delgres and his companions.
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General Jean Boudet was welcomed back to France as a hero and made commander of the 1st Infantry Division in the corps of general Claude-Victor Perrin in the northern Netherlands.
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Jean Boudet took part in the 1805 campaign under Marmont before being sent to the armee d'Italie in 1806.
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Jean Boudet took up garrison duties in the Hanseatic towns and was in the front rank during the Austrian campaign of 1809 at the head of the 4th Division of the 4th Army Corps commanded by marshal Andre Massena.
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General Jean Boudet assisted in the capture of Vienna then distinguished himself in the fierce defence of the village of Essling, turning a granary into an impregnable bunker.