Pierre Thouvenot

Pierre Thouvenot
General Baron Thouvenot by Antoine-Claude Fleury
Born	9 March 1757 Toul, France
Died	21 July 1817(1817-07-21) (aged 60) Orly, France
Allegiance	Kingdom of France  Kingdom of the French  French First Republic  First French Empire
Service/branch	Army
Years of service	1779–1793
Rank	General
Awards	Baron de l'Empire Officier de la Légion d'honneur Chevalier de Saint-Louis

Pierre Thouvenot (French pronunciation: [pjɛʁ tuvno]; 9 March 1757 – 21 July 1817) was a French Army officer who served with distinction in the American Revolutionary War. He fled from France during the revolution but returned under an amnesty and went on to serve in Napoleonic Wars. Thouvenot is most famous for his defence of Bayonne in 1814 and the sortie he made when the war was all but over, which drew criticism from both sides, particularly from the Duke of Wellington, who branded him a "blackguard".