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Lasalle became great friends with General Jean-Pierre-Joseph Bruyère who commanded the 3rd Horse Chasseur Brigade under Lasalle.

Although Lasalle was Bruyère ’ s commander, he was three years Bruyère ’ s junior.

They shared a number of similarities.

Both were of medium height although Lasalle was the shorter of the two.

They were equally flamboyant in their dress, both had masses of dark wavy hair, both enjoyed riotous living in their early years and both were extremely brave to the point of recklessness.

Had the two lived, they would have become related by marriage as Bruyère married Joséphine-Therese-Virginie the 16 year old second daughter of Berthier's brother Louis-Cesar-Gabriel.

Lasalle then fought at the Battle of Eylau commanding the 1st, 3rd, and 5th Hussars and the 13th Horse Chasseurs.

During the Battle of Heilsberg, on 12 June 1807, Prince Murat, Grand Duke of Berg, was surrounded at the height of a mêlée by 12 Russian dragoons.