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Antoine Marc Augustin Bertoletti
Italian general

Antoine Marc Augustin Bertoletti

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Italian general
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Place of birth
Milan, Italy
Place of death
Vienna, Austria
Age
70 years
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Biography

Antonio Bertoletti, also known as Antoine Marc Augustin Bertoletti (August 28, 1775 – March 6, 1846) was a Milanese military officer who served the French Empire as a general of brigade, notably in the Peninsular War.

Military career

During the War of the Fifth Coalition, Bertoletti served in the Italian theater under the command of Eugène de Beauharnais, the Viceroy of Italy. At the outbreak of war, he led a brigade in Achille Fontanelli's Division. Later, Jean Rusca took command of the division, which missed the Battle of Piave River. Bertoletti led his brigade in an action at Klagenfurt on 8 June and at Papa, Hungary on 12 June, as well as the major Battle of Raab on 14 June. During the Battle of Wagram, his brigade defended Klagenfurt on Eugene's line of communications.

In June 1813, Bertoletti famously held the fortress of Tarragona with 1,600 soldiers against John Murray's 16,000-man British army. Realizing he could not hope to hold the outer walls with his small Franco-Italian garrison, he pulled back into the inner defenses and two outworks. Ultimately, Murray abandoned the siege and 18 heavy cannon when he heard that two French relief columns were due to arrive. When the British expedition sailed away, Bertoletti alertly called for help from the nearest French column, which soon marched into the fortress. At the news that French reinforcements were nearby, Murray gave up a second plan to capture Tarragona. After the Napoleonic Wars, Bertoletti served the Austrian crown as field marshal. He died in Vienna. The Arc de Triomphe bears the inscription BERTOLETTI on the 37th column.

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