1. Pierre Labatut, known as Pedro Labatut, was a French-born Brazilian mercenary and general who fought in the Colombian and Brazilian wars of independence.
15 Facts About Pierre Labatut
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Pierre Labatut was imprisoned and later delivered to Maltese authorities on 25 December 1807, and in March 1808 he was transported to England on board of the troopship Constantine.
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In September 1812, Pierre Labatut took command of the militias of Cartagena.
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Pierre Labatut was later nominated governor of Santa Marta the population rebelled against him and he was forced to abandon the city.
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Pierre Labatut did not leave empty-handed, the government of New Grenada awarded him for his services rendered a monthly pension for life of 100 pesos strong, which was served to him until 1815.
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Pierre Labatut returned to France, where he tried in vain to return to duty, passed through Madrid in February 1816, Haiti from September to December, and then he went to Brazil.
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On 22 January 1823, Pierre Labatut was nominated military governor of Bahia.
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Pierre Labatut's garrison boarded the squadron assembled there to guarantee the withdrawal of the troops.
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Victim of calumny, Pierre Labatut was frustrated with the final victory of his rivals and accusers.
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One of them, Colonel Lima e Silva, made his "glorious and solemn" entry into liberated Bahia on 2 July 1823, while Pierre Labatut, arrested, waited to go to the council of war, which took place in 1824.
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Pierre Labatut was expelled from the army in February 1829, and returned to France on 11 April 1831, four days after Pedro I's abdication.
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Pierre Labatut obtained permission to go to Europe, from 17 June 1833 until the final of September 1834.
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Pierre Labatut fought in the Ragamuffin War against Davi Canabarro.
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Pierre Labatut's battalion arrived in Passo Fundo, but was wiped out in September 1840.
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Pierre Labatut left active service in 1842, and died in Salvador on 4 September 1849, in the street Rua dos Barris.