 Pierre Hugues Victoire Merle 26 Nyamavhuvhu 1766 5 Zvita 1830 aive mukuru wechiFrench panguva yeFirst French Empire yaNapoleon. Akapinda muuto reFrance somurwi muna 1781 asi pashure peChimurenga cheFrance, mwero wokusimudzirwa wakakurumidza. Akagadzwa kuva mukuru mukuru muna 1794 nokuda kwokuzviratidza panguva yeHondo yePyrenees. Pashure pokutungamirira rimwe boka ravarwi paAusterlitz muna December 1805, akasimudzirwazve. Chikamu chake chakanga chiri mumhepo yokutanga yekupinda kweSpain muna 1808, iyo yakakurumidza Hondo yePeninsular. MuSpain, akatungamira divi rake paMedina de Rioseco, Corunna, Chekutanga neChipiri Porto, Bussaco, Sabugal, uye Fuentes de Onoro. Pashure pokudzorerwa kumusha achibva kuSpain, Merle akapiwa basa rokutungamirira boka reuto reFrance pakurwisa Russia. Akatungamirira mauto ake paFirst neSecond Polotsk. Akagamuchira nhau yeBourbon muna 1814, akarega basa muuto muna 1816, uye akafira muMarseilles muna 1830. Merle nderimwe remazita akanyorwa pasi peArc de Triomphe paKoramu 35. 