See also:

• COMTE, AUGUSTE [ISIDORE AUGUSTE MARIE FRANCOIS XAVIER] (1798-1857)

COMTE DE See also:

• LOUIS
• LOUIS (804–876)
• LOUIS (893–911)
• LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
• LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian

LOUIS AUGUSTE See also:

• VICTOR
• VICTOR, GAIUS JULIUS (4th cent. A.D.)
• VICTOR, SEXTUS AURELIUS

VICTOR See also:

• COMTE DE LOUIS AUGUSTE VICTOR BOURMONT

BOURMONT  GHAISNE DE (1773-1846), See also:

• MARSHAL (med. Lat. marescalcus, from O.H.Ger. marah, horse, and scalc, servant)

marshal of See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France, entered the Gardes FranQaises of the royal See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army shortly before the Revolution, emigrated in 1789, and served with See also:

• CONDE
• CONDE, LOUIS DE BOURBON, PRINCE
• CONDE, LOUIS II
• CONDE, PRINCES OF

Conde and the army of the emigres in the See also:

• CAMPAIGNS

campaigns of 1792 and 1793, subsequently serving as See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief of See also:

• STAFF (O. Eng. staef, cf. Du. staf, Ger. Stab, &c.; Icel. stafr meant also a written letter, and O. Eng. stafas, the letters of the alphabet; " stave," one of the thin pieces of wood of which a cask is made, is a doublet)

staff to Scepeaux, the royalist See also:

• LEADER, BENJAMIN WILLIAMS (1831– )

leader, in the See also:

• CIVIL

civil See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war in See also:

• LOWER

lower See also:

• ANJOU

Anjou (1794-1496) . See also:

• BOURMONT, LOUIS AUGUSTE VICTOR, COMTE DE

Bourmont, excepted from the See also:

• AMNESTY (from the Gr. &µvrly-ria, oblivion)

amnesty of See also:

• APRIL

April 1796, fled into See also:

• SWITZERLAND

Switzerland, but soon afterwards, having been made by See also:

• LOUIS
• LOUIS (804–876)
• LOUIS (893–911)
• LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
• LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian

Louis XVIII. a matgechal de See also:

• CAMP (from Lat. campus, field)

camp and a See also:

• KNIGHT, CHARLES (1791-1873)
• KNIGHT, DANIEL RIDGWAY (1845– )
• KNIGHT, JOHN BUXTON (1843–1908)

knight of St Louis, he headed a fresh insurrection, which after some preliminary successes collapsed (1799-1800) . He then made his submission to. the First See also:

• CONSUL
• CONSUL (in Gr. generally ihraros,ashortened form of errpavgybs 8hraeos, i.e. praetor maximus)

Consul, married, and lived in See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris; but his thinly veiled royalism caused his See also:

• ARREST (Fr. arrester, arreeter, to stop or stay)

arrest a few months later, and he remained a prisoner for more than three years, finally escaping to See also:

• PORTUGAL

Portugal in 1804 . Three years later the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French army under See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

General See also:

• JUNOT, A
• JUNOT, ANDOCHE, DUKE
• JUNOT, LAURE, DUCHESS OF ABRANTES (1783-1834)

Junot invaded Portugal, and Bourmont offered his. services to Junot, who made him chief of staff of a See also:

• DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division . He returned to France with Junot after the See also:

• CONVENTION (Lat. conventio, an assembly or agreement, from convenire, to come together)
• CONVENTION, THE NATIONAL

convention of See also:

• CINTRA

Cintra, and was promptly re-arrested . He was soon released, however, on Junot's demand, and was commissioned as an officer in the imperial army . He served in See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy for-a See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time, then went on the staff of the See also:

• VICEROY (from O. Fr. viceroy, mod. viceroi, i.e. Lat. vice, in place of, and roy or roi, king)

viceroy See also:

• EUGENE

Eugene (See also:

• BEAUHARNAIS
• BEAUHARNAIS, EUGENE DE (1781-1824)

Beauharnais), whom he accompanied in the See also:

• MOSCOW (Russian Moskva)
• MOSCOW, (Russian Moskva)

Moscow See also:

• CAMPAIGN

campaign . He was taken prisoner in the See also:

• RETREAT (O. Fr. retrete, mod. retraite, from Lat. retrahere, to draw back)

retreat, but escaped after a time and rejoined the French army . His conspicuous courage at the See also:

• BATTLE

battle of See also:

• LUTZEN

Lutzen in 1813 led . See also:

• NAPOLEON

Napoleon to promote him general of See also:

• BRIGADE (Fr. and Ger. brigade, Ital. brigata, Span. brigada; the English use of the word dates from the early 17th century)

brigade, and in 1814 his splendid See also:

• DEFENCE
• DEFENCE (Lat. defendere, to defend)

defence of Nogent (See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 13) earned him the See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank of general of division . At the first Restoration Bourmont was naturally employed by the Bourbons, to whose service he had devoted his See also:

• LIFE

life, but he rejoined Napoleon. on his return from See also:

• ELBA (Gr. AiWaXla; Lat. Ilva)

Elba . On the See also:

• EVE

eve of the campaign of 1815, and at the urgent See also:

• REQUEST, LETTERS OF

request of See also:

• COUNT (Lat. comes, gen. comitis, Fr. comte, Ital. conte, Span. conde)

Count See also:

• GERARD (c. 1040-1120)
• GERARD (d. I1o8)
• GERARD, ETIENNE MAURICE, COUNT (1773–1852)
• GERARD, FRANCOIS, BARON (1770-1837)
• GERARD, JEAN IGNACE ISIDORE (1803-1847)
• GERARD, JOHN (1545-1612)
• GERARD, or GIRARD, AUDRAN

Gerard, he was given a divisional command in the army of the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north .

On the first See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day of the See also:

• WATERLOO

Waterloo campaign Bourmont went over to the enemy . It is not probable that he gave See also:

• INFORMATION (from Lat. informare, to give shape or form to, to represent, describe)

information of French movements to the See also:

• ALLIES, THOMAS WILLIAM (1813-1903)

allies, but the best that can be said in exculpation of his treachery is that his old See also:

• FRIENDS, SOCIETY
• FRIENDS, SOCIETY OF

friends and comrades, the royalists of Anjou, were ag,See also:

• AIN

ain in insurrection, and that he See also:

• FELT (cognate with Ger. Filz, Du. vilt, Swed. and Dan. fill; the root is unknown; the word has given Med. Lat. filtrum, " filter ")

felt that he must See also:

• LEAD
• LEAD (pronounced iced)

lead them . He made no See also:

• ATTEMPT (Lat. adtemptare, attentare, to try)

attempt to defend his conduct, and acted as the accuser of Marshal See also:

• NEY, MICHEL

Ney . A See also:

• YEAR

year later he was given command of a division of the royal guard; and in 1823 he held an important position in the army which, under the command of the duc d'See also:

• ANGOULEME
• ANGOULEME, CHARLES DE VALOIS, DUKE OF (1573-1650)

Angouleme, invaded See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain . He commanded the whole army in Spain for a time in 1824, became See also:

• MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

minister of war in 1829, and in 1830 was placed in command of the See also:

• ALGIERS (Fr. Alger, Arab. Jezair, i.e. The Islands)

Algiers expedition . The landing of the French and the See also:

• CAPTURE (from Lat. capere, to take; Fr. prise maritime; Ger. Wegnahme)

capture of Algiers were directed by him with See also:

• COMPLETE

complete success, and he was rewarded with the See also:

• BATON (Fr. baton, baston, from Late Lat. basto, a stick or staff)

baton of marshal But the revolution of 183o put an end to his command, and, refusing to take the See also:

• OATH (0. Eng. ddh)

oath to Louis Philippe, he was forced to resign . In 1832 Marshal Bourmont took See also:

• PART

part in the rising of the duchesse de Berri, and on its failure retired to Portugal . Here, as always, on the See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side of See also:

• ABSOLUTISM

absolutism, he commanded the army of Dom See also:

• MIGUEL, MARIA EVARIST (1802–1866)

Miguel during the civil war of 1833-1834, and after the victory of the constitutional party he retired to See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome . At the amnesty of 1840 he returned to France . He died at the See also:

• CHATEAU (from Lat. castellum, fortress, through O. Fr. chastel, chasteau)

chateau of Bourmont on the 27th of See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1846 . See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles de Bourmont, a son of the marshal, wrote several See also:

• PAMPHLETS

pamphlets in vindication of his See also:

• FATHER

father's career .