!!!Melas, Michael Friedrich Benedikt Freiherr von

b. Sighi¸soara, Rumania (then Schaessburg), 1735 (?), 
d. Tynec nad Labem, Czech Republic (then Elbteinitz), May 31, 1806; 
officer (general of the cavalry). During the Seven Years´ War 
adjutant of Field Marshal Count L. von  Daun; during the wars against 
France from 1793 successful as commander of corps from 1793, further 
success in 1799 in joint campaign with Russian troops under General 
A. W. Suworow in Italy against French armies. On June 14, 1800 
suffered heavy defeat against Napoleon at Marengo; subsequently 
commanding general in Bohemia until 1803.

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