Gilbert Bachelu

Gilbert Désiré Joseph, baron Bachelu was a French division commander during the Napoleonic Wars. In 1795 he graduated from the artillery and engineering school and was posted to the Army of [the Rhine (France)|Army of the Rhine], serving in the Rhine [Campaign of 1796]. He fought in the French campaign in Egypt and Syria and then went on the Saint-Domingue expedition in 1802. He received command of an infantry regiment and fought at Austerlitz in 1805. He led a brigade in the Dalmatian Campaign and at Wagram in 1809. He was besieged and captured at Danzig (1813)|Danzig] in 1813. He joined Napoleon during the Hundred Days and led a division at Quatre Bras and Waterloo in 1815. Imprisoned for a time by the Bourbon Restoration he won election to the Chamber of [Deputies (France)|Chamber of Deputies] in 1830. He died of cholera in 1849.