February 21, 1770 (Phalsbourg) - November 27, 1838 (Paris) Mouton, Georges, Count of Lobau Elected lieutenant by the volunteers of Meurthe, captain in November 1792, aide-de-camp to General Meynier a year later, Mouton left the Army of the Rhine in 1795 for Italy and served there on Jouberts st
November 6, 1769 (Zeiskam) - June 10, 1842 (Château de Filain, Haute-Saône) Marulaz, Baron Jacob-François Marola, dit Child of troops in the Esterhazy hussars, Marulaz is from the region of Speyer, in the Palatinate. When war was declared in April 1792, after fourteen years in the army, he was
September 20, 1765 (Montpellier) - January 7, 1827 (Andrésy) Lepic, Louis, count Enlisted in the dragoons at the age of sixteen, Lepic took advantage of the Revolution and the war to make a very rapid rise:he was squadron leader from March 1793 and fought against the Vendeans, being wounded at
September 24, 1771 (Bussy-le-Grand) - July 29, 1813 (Montbard) Junot, Andoche, Duke of Abrantès After studying law, Junot enlisted in September 1791 in the volunteers of the Côte-dOr. With a temerity bordering on unconsciousness, Junot la Tempête, as his comrades nicknamed him, was a sergeant i
May 13, 1754 (Cahuzac-sur-Vère) - February 13, 1807 (Vornen) dHautpoul, Jean-Joseph-Ange, count Born in the Château de Salettes, enlisted at fifteen in the Corsican Legion then a young gentleman in the Languedoc regiment from 1777 to 1792 dHautpoul was a colonel when the war began. Remained at
Gabriel Jean Joseph Molitor, Marshal of France, born March 7, 1770 in Hayange (Moselle), died July 28, 1849 in Paris. His father was a former soldier who took care of his sons education. The young Molitor enlisted, in 1791, in the second battalion of volunteers of his department; Unanimously electe
September 18, 1758 (Morlancourt) - June 24, 1829 (Seraincourt, Val dOise) Friant, Louis, comte Engaged in the French Guards in 1781, Friant left them in 1787, then resumed service in 1789 in the Paris National Guard. He left for the Moselle army and his Arsenal battalion elected him lieutenant-
February 16, 1769 (Auch) - May 21, 1809 (Lobau) Portrait of Spain Jean-Louis-Brigitte Espagne, born in Auch on February 16, 1769 and died in Lobau on May 21, 1809, was a general of the Empire. He enlisted at the age of 18 (July 6, 1787) in the regiment of the Queens dragoons, then in garrison
October 25, 1772 (Pont-à-Mousson) - May 23, 1813 (Niedermackersdorf, near Gôrlitz) Portrait of Duroc Of noble stock, Duroc left the school of ChâIons as a lieutenant in 1793. Sent to the army in Italy, he became Bonapartes aide-de-camp there and, promoted to battalion commander, followed him to
January 11, 1774 (Nancy) - March 24, 1847 (Nancy) Portrait of Drouot Son of a baker, at the artillery school of Châlons in 1793, Drouot served in the North and on the Rhine. Captain in February 1796, transferred to the army of Italy, he brooded the retreat of the army to La Trebbia (June 18-20,
April 30, 1773 (Ardres) - July 24, 1812 (Paris) Portrait of Dorsenne A volunteer in 1791, Dorsenne distinguished himself by his ardor in the Northern Army, becoming a captain there before going to the Rhine, then to Italy. His courage worked wonders during the passage of the Tagliamento (March
August 17, 1768 (Ayat castle, Puy-de-Dôme) - June 14, 1800 (Marengo) Portrait of Desaix Louis Charles Antoine Desaix (August 17, 1768[1] in Saint-Hilaire dAyat, today Ayat-sur-Sioule, † June 14, 1800 in Marengo in Italy) was a French general who distinguished himself during the revolutionary wa
April 21, 1774 (Saint-Pierre-dAlbigny) - May 30, 1829 (Paris) Portrait of Curial A volunteer in the Allobroges legion in 1792, Curial was captain in 1793, served in the Alps and the Pyrenees, then in the army of Italy and in Switzerland. Assistant to Alméras in Egypt, he was appointed battalion
October 18, 1774 (Paris) - December 28, 1853 (Paris) A volunteer in the 7th battalion of Paris, Colbert-Chabanais had a quick career on the Rhine and then in Vendée:second lieutenant of the hussars in 1795, he was however suspended by Hoche at the beginning of 1796 because of his royalist sentime
November 18, 1777 (Paris) - January 3, 1809 (Cacabelos) Volunteer in the National Guard of Tarbes, Colbert de Chabanais began his military career in the cavalry of the Army of the West, making himself an aristocrat, hunting Vendeans and Chouans. Lieutenant in 1795 and aide-de-camp to Grouchy,
September 16, 1777 (Caulaincourt) - September 7, 1812 (the Moskva) Caulaincourt Younger brother of the marquis, Caulaincourt follows the same path and also finds himself aide-de-camp to Aubert-Dubayet in 1795. He is then employed on the Rhine in the cavalene, makes the campaign of Helvetia in 1
December 26, 1770 (Nantes) - January 29, 1842 (Nantes) Portrait of Cambronne Volunteering with the 1st Battalion of the Loire-lntérieure in September 1791, Cambronne first served in the armies of the Ardennes and the North, then was sent to the West to fight the Vendée insurrection. Lieutenant
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Under the Consulate The Consulate is essentially a period of pacification and stabilization of France, after the revolutionary decade. Many institutions are founded which long survive their creator; they take up certain achievements of the Revolution. December 13, 1799 (22 Frimaire Year VIII) Ar
On Monday, October 28, 9,212,800 shares changed hands. The New York Times Values Index is down 49 points.The fall on this day alone is greater than that recorded throughout the previous week. Once again, the ticker leaves millions of people in the dark who dont know exactly what is going on, other
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