Jacques Louis François Delaistre de Tilly

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-Jungingen 14 October 1805 : Commanded the Cavalry Division of the VI Corps at the Battle of Elchingen 17 October 1806 : Commanded the Cavalry Division of the I Corps at the Battle of Schleiz 17 October 1806 : Commanded the Cavalry Division of the I Corps at the Battle of Halle 6 November 1806 : Commanded the Cavalry Division of the I Corps at the Battle of Lübeck 25 January 1807 : Commanded the Cavalry Division of the I Corps at the Battle of Mohrungen 21 June 1813 : Commanded the 2nd Cavalry Division of the Army of the South at the Battle of Vitoria

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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