Born in Grenoble, capital of the province of Dauphiné, Bizanet began his career as a sailor-gunner on 4 November 1780 and was aboard the Majestueux during the American Revolutionary War from 11 June 1781 to 24 January 1783.[1]
After volunteering for the army, he became a brigadier-general on 22 August 1793 and a divisional general on 10 April 1794. He was a defender at Monaco in 1793 and at the end of the French Consulate in 1804 became the commander of the armies in Marseille.[2]
He was named commandant at the fortress of Bergen op Zoom in 1810 and successfully repelled a night attack on 8 March 1814 led by General Sir Thomas Graham.[1][3] After the attack, Graham wrote in a despatch to London:
"Sir ... I am anxious too to do justice to the conduct of General Bizanet, which, truly characteristic of a brave man, has been
marked from the first with the most kind and humane attentions to the prisoners."[4]
Bizanet was commander of Marseille during the Hundred Days under Marshal Guillaume Brune.
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