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{{Distinguish|Jacques Tilly}}
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{{Infobox military person
| name          =Jacques Louis François Delaistre de Tilly
| image         =Général Delaitre de Tilly.jpg
| caption       =Jacques Louis François Delaistre de Tilly
| birth_date          ={{birth date|df=yes|1749|02|2}}
| death_date          ={{Death date and age|df=yes|1822|01|10|1749|02|2}}
| birth_place  =[[Vernon, Eure]], France
| death_place  =[[Paris]], France
| allegiance    ={{flagicon|France}} France
| branch        =Cavalry
| serviceyears  =
| rank          =[[General of Division]]
| battles       =
{{tree list}}
* [[French Revolutionary Wars]]
** [[Battle of Savenay]]
* [[Napoleonic Wars]]
** [[Battle of Haslach-Jungingen]]
** [[Battle of Elchingen]]
** [[Battle of Lübeck]]
** [[Battle of Vitoria]]
{{tree list/end}}
| awards        =[[Baron d'Empire]] (1812)
| laterwork     =
}}
'''Jacques-Louis-François Delaistre de Tilly''' ({{IPA|fr|ʒak lwi fʁɑ̃swa dəlɛstʁ də tili}}; 2 February 1749, [[Vernon, Eure]] &ndash; 10 January 1822, [[Paris]]) became a [[general officer]] in the French army during the [[French Revolutionary Wars]]. He led a cavalry division in a number of battles during the [[Napoleonic Wars]]. His name is inscribed under the [[Arc de Triomphe]].
== Service ==
*29 November 1792 : [[Colonel]] of the 6th Regiment of Dragoons
*21 April 1793 : [[General of Brigade]]
*2 December 1793 : [[General of Division]]
*23 December 1793 : Commanded troops at the [[Battle of Savenay]]
*5 May 1801 : Commander in chief of the [[Armée de l'Ouest]]
*11 October 1805 : Commanded the Cavalry Division of the VI Corps at the [[Battle of Haslach-Jungingen]]<ref>Smith, p. 203</ref>
*14 October 1805 : Commanded the Cavalry Division of the VI Corps at the [[Battle of Elchingen]]<ref>Smith, p. 204</ref>
*17 October 1806 : Commanded the Cavalry Division of the I Corps at the [[Battle of Schleiz]]<ref>Smith, p. 223</ref>
*17 October 1806 : Commanded the Cavalry Division of the I Corps at the [[Battle of Halle]]<ref>Smith, p. 227</ref>
*6 November 1806 : Commanded the Cavalry Division of the I Corps at the [[Battle of Lübeck]]<ref>Smith, p. 231</ref>
*25 January 1807 : Commanded the Cavalry Division of the I Corps at the [[Battle of Mohrungen]]<ref>Smith, p. 240</ref>
*21 June 1813 : Commanded the 2nd Cavalry Division of the Army of the South at the [[Battle of Vitoria]]<ref>Glover, p. 392</ref>
==Decorations==
*25 March 1809 : Chevalier d'Empire
*23 April 1812 : [[Baron d'Empire]]
== Honours ==
* '''TILLY''' is engraved on Column 4 of the [[Names inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe|Arc de Triomphe]]
==Footnotes==
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==References==
===Printed materials===
*[[Digby Smith|Smith, Digby]]. ''The Napoleonic Wars Data Book.'' London: Greenhill, 1998. {{ISBN|1-85367-276-9}}
*[[Michael Glover (historian)|Glover, Michael]]. ''The Peninsular War 1807-1814.'' London: Penguin, 2001. {{ISBN|0-14-139041-7}}
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