[1] Following the Battle of Limburgh (September 1796) he was by Marceau's side when this general was mortally wounded while conducting a successful rear guard action near Altenkirchen.
[9] On 1 August 1812, Bonnamy's 3rd Brigade appears listed under General Morand's 1st Division, which formed part of Maréchal Davout's I Corps.
[10] By the middle of that same month, the Brigade had been reduced to just the 30th Line Regiment of 3,l76 infantry troops plus 83 horse and an artillery company of five guns.
[11] At the Battle of Borodino, under Morand's 1st Division, Bonnamy still headed the 3rd Brigade,[12] with its 30th Line Regiment now consisting of 3,008 infantry and 78 cavalry,[13] and was able to rush the earthworks and penetrate the embrasures to take the Raevsky redoubt.
This action was, however, short-lived and, with the ensuing counterattack on three sides, the brigade was decimated, with infantry losses of over 90% and cavalry losing more than a quarter of its number,[13] Bonnamy was severely wounded in the hand-to-hand combat and taken prisoner.