Jacques-Louis-François Delaistre de Tilly (; 2 February 1749, Vernon, Eure – 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-JungingenSmith, p. 203 14 October 1805 : Commanded the Cavalry Division of the VI Corps at the Battle of ElchingenSmith, p. 204 17 October 1806 : Commanded the Cavalry Division of the I Corps at the Battle of SchleizSmith, p. 223 17 October 1806 : Commanded the Cavalry Division of the I Corps at the Battle of HalleSmith, p. 227 6 November 1806 : Commanded the Cavalry Division of the I Corps at the Battle of LübeckSmith, p. 231 25 January 1807 : Commanded the Cavalry Division of the I Corps at the Battle of MohrungenSmith, p. 240 21 June 1813 : Commanded the 2nd Cavalry Division of the Army of the South at the Battle of VitoriaGlover, p. 392
Decorations 25 March 1809 : Chevalier d'Empire 23 April 1812 : Baron d'Empire
Honours TILLY is engraved on Column 4 of the Arc de Triomphe
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Printed materials Smith, Digby. The Napoleonic Wars Data Book. London: Greenhill, 1998. Glover, Michael. The Peninsular War 1807-1814. London: Penguin, 2001.