Barthélemy Louis Joseph Schérer

On 3 May he married Marie Françoise Henriette Caroline Müller in a civil ceremony at Delle in the Franche-Comté.

On 14 June a 35,000-strong Spanish army defeated Schérer's 25,000 men in battle at Bàscara in Catalonia province in Spain.

"Schérer went into this battle without forming a reserve and was thus unable to react to crisis or opportunities effectively.

"[3] Forced to retire behind the river Mincio, he then loses the important fortress of Brescia;[4] he gave up command to Jean Moreau, prior to being defeated by the new coalition commander, Suvorov, in the Lecco engagement, which preceded the Battle of Cassano.

After securing an acquittal, he retired to private life on his estate at Chauny in Picardy, where he died in 1804.