He led a regiment at Hohenlinden, a brigade at Jena, Bussaco, and Fuentes de Oñoro, and a division at Salamanca.

He was mortally wounded while leading his soldiers against the Anglo-Allied army at the Battle of Vitoria.

Sarrut was born on 16 August 1765 at Canté in what is now the department of Ariège, France, which is on the border with Spain.

[1] At the Battle of Hohenlinden on 3 December 1800, the 8th Demi-Brigade with a strength of 2,680 men was part of Antoine Richepanse's division.

[2] On 15 July 1811, Sarrut's division of the Army of Portugal counted 4,922 men present.