He received a patent of nobility in June 1810 and died of fever at Mora de Rubielos a few months later.

[2] In June 1796 the 100th Line was part of Guillaume Philibert Duhesme's division, which had 7,438 infantry and 895 cavalry.

This formation belonged to Laurent Gouvion Saint-Cyr's Left Wing of Jean Victor Marie Moreau's Army of Rhin-et-Moselle.

[9] One source showed Laval commanding a brigade at the battles of Ostrach and Stockach in March 1799, though this may be a mistaken identification of Jean François Leval.

Soult's 11,000 troops crossed the Linth River, surprising and defeating 13,000 Austrian and Russian defenders.

The success resulted in the death of Austrian commander Friedrich Freiherr von Hotze and the severing of Alexander Suvarov's escape route.

[12] Under the command of Honoré Théodore Maxime Gazan, the 3rd Division participated in the unsuccessful effort to trap Suvarov's army in the Alps.

During the fall campaign, he led a brigade in Charles-Étienne Gudin's division of Lecourbe's Right Wing.

On 14 December at Salzburg, the Austrian rear guard repulsed elements of Lecourbe's wing, including Gudin's division.

[16] By this time Napoleon Bonaparte made the poor decision to take Spain by force and replace King Charles IV.

[17] Laval and Claude Rosthollant were the brigade commanders in Bernard-Georges-François Frère's 3rd Division which belonged to Pierre Dupont de l'Étang's 2nd Corps of Observation of the Gironde.

Instead Frère was sent from Madrid to reopen communications with Marshal Bon-Adrien Jeannot de Moncey's corps in its retreat after the Battle of Valencia.

Since war with Austria was looming, Napoleon withdrew half of Aragon's occupation troops leaving the French weak.

Soon, a Spanish army under General Joaquín Blake y Joyes appeared and threatened French control of Aragon.

Laval's 1st Division counted two battalions each of the French 14th Line Infantry Regiment and the Polish 3rd Legion of the Vistula.

Habert's brigade, which was part of Laval's division, included the 14th Line and 3rd Vistula Legion.

[27] The next day, Suchet tried to bring the combined Spanish army to battle at Botorrita, but Blake slipped away.

As Habert's offensive gained momentum, a lucky hit detonated a number of Spanish ammunition wagons.

Suchet left Musnier to watch Blake's force and marched back to Zaragoza with Laval to restore order.

In addition to the units forming Habert's brigade, Laval had the 44th Line Infantry Regiment on hand.

[30] At the end of August he took 3,000 troops and successfully assaulted the monastery of San Juan de la Peña near Jaca.

Colonel Renovales withdrew and was later trapped between III Corps troops and French national guards.

Under the terms of his surrender the Spaniard was allowed free passage to Catalonia where he continued his guerilla operations.

[33] Suchet wanted to move against Mequinenza and Lérida, but King Joseph Bonaparte insisted that he advance on Valencia instead.