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General of Division '''Jean Joseph François Léonard Sahuguet''' (12 October 1756, [[Brive-la-Gaillarde]] – 26 December 1802, [[Tobago]]) was a French general during the [[French Revolution]].
He was born the son of François de Sahuguet d'Amarzit, seigneur de La Roche.<ref name= JJF> {{cite web|url=https://gw.geneanet.org/pierfit?lang=en&n=de+sahuguet+d+amarzit&oc=0&p=jean+joseph+leonard|title=M Jean Joseph Léonard de SAHUGUET d'AMARZIT|accessdate=23 September 2019}} </ref>
== Service ==
He entered military service on April 30, 1773, as a musketeer in the 1st company (Grey Musketeers), and was promoted sous-lieutenant in 1776 and capitaine in 1778. During the revolution he was made in 1791 lieutenant-colonel of the 14th Dragoons. He was promoted [[Maréchal de camp]] on September 28, 1792 and served in the [[Army of the Western Pyrenees]] during 1793.<ref> {{cite web|url=https://www.frenchempire.net/biographies/sahuguet/|title=General Jean-Joseph-François-Léonard Damarzit de Laroche Sahuguet|accessdate=23 September 2019}} </ref> where, in 1793, he annexed the [[Val d'Aran]]. In 1801 he commanded the troops which embarked with [[Honoré Ganteaume|Admiral Ganteaume]] on his unsuccessful [[Ganteaume's expeditions of 1801|expedition]] to relieve the French troops stranded in Egypt.
Suspended and arrested during the [[Reign of Terror]] for being of noble birth, he was then reinstated and made a general of division on June 13, 1795. He actively participated in the [[Italian campaigns of the French Revolutionary Wars|Italian Campaign]] of 1796–1800, where he directed the [[Siege of Mantua (1796–97)|blockade of Mantua]] and captured the strategic bridge at [[Governolo]].
After the [[Peace of Amiens]], he was responsible for retaking possession of the Caribbean island of [[Tobago]] as [[Governor of Tobago|captain general]] (decree of 22 Prairial year 10) (June 11, 1802) from November 1802 to 1803. He died there of yellow fever.
He had married Marie Geneviève Eichmann in 1795 and had a daughter Camille.<ref name= JJF/>
== Distinctions ==
* He is one of the 660 peopleto have his or her name engraved under the [[Names inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe|Arc de Triomphe]]. It appears as "SAHUGUET" in the 34th column.
== Sources ==
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* http://thierry.pouliquen.free.fr/Generaux/gnxS.htm
* {{cite book | last = Six | first = Georges | title = Biographical Dictionary of the French Generals & Admirals of the Revolution and the Empire (1792-1814) | page = 410 | publisher = Paris: G. Saffroy Bookstore, 1934, 2 vols.}}
* Article based on a translation of the equivalent article in French Wikipedia.
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