See also:

• JEAN

JEAN See also:

• NICOLAS
• NICOLAS, SIR NICHOLAS HARRIS (1799–1848)

NICOLAS See also:

• JEAN NICOLAS CURLY (1774-1827)

CURLY (1774-1827)  , See also:

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

French See also:

• CAVALRY (Fr. cavalerie, Ger. Kavallerie or Reiterei, derived ultimately from late Lat. caballus, horse)

cavalry See also:

• LEADER, BENJAMIN WILLIAMS (1831– )

leader, was the son of a poor See also:

• PEASANT (O. Fr. paysant, Mod. paysan; Lat. pagensis, belonging to the pagus or country; cf. " pagan ")

peasant of See also:

• LORRAINE

Lorraine . Joining, in 1793, a See also:

• REGIMENT (from Late Latin regimentum, rule, regere, to rule, govern, direct)

regiment of hussars, he served with See also:

• GREAT

great distinction as private and as sous-officier in the See also:

• RHINE (Lat. Rhenus, Ger. Rhein, Fr. Rhin, Dutch Rhyn, or Rijn)

Rhine See also:

• CAMPAIGNS

campaigns from 1794 to 1800 . He was, however, still a non-commissioned officer of twelve years' service, when at Afflenz (12th of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1805) he attacked and defeated, with twenty-five men, a whole regiment of See also:

• AUSTRIAN

Austrian cavalry . This brilliant feat of arms won him the grade of sous-See also:

• LIEUTENANT

lieutenant, and the reputation of being one of the men of the future . The next two campaigns of the Grande Armee gained him two more promotions, and as a See also:

• CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

captain of hussars he performed, in the See also:

• CAMPAIGN

campaign of See also:

• WAGRAM (DEUTSCH-WAGRAM)

Wagram, a feat of even greater daring than the affair of Afflenz . Entrusted with despatches for the See also:

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

viceroy of See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy, Curely, with See also:

• FORTY

forty troopers, made his way through the Austrian lines, reconnoitred every-where, even in the very headquarters-See also:

• CAMP (from Lat. campus, field)

camp of the See also:

• ARCHDUKE (Lat. archidux, Ger. Erzherzog)

archduke See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John, and finally accomplished his See also:

• MISSION

mission in safety . This exploit, only to be compared to the famous raids of the See also:

• AMERICAN

American See also:

• CIVIL

Civil See also:

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

War, and almost unparalleled in See also:

• EUROPEAN

European war, gained him the grade of chef d'escadrons, in which for some years he served in the See also:

• PENINSULAR

Peninsular War . Under See also:

• GOUVION

Gouvion St Cyr he took See also:

• PART

part in the See also:

• RUSSIAN

Russian War of 1812, and in 1813 was promoted See also:

• COLONEL (derived either from Lat. column, Fr. colonne, column, or Lat. corona, a crown)

colonel . In the campaign of See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France (1814) Curely, now See also:

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

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, commanded a brigade of " improvised cavalry, and succeeded in infusing into this unpromising material some of his own daring spirit . His regiments distinguished themselves in several combats, especially at the See also:

• BATTLE

battle of Arcis-sur-See also:

• AUBE

Aube . The Restoration See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government looked with suspicion on the most dashing cavalry leader of the younger See also:

• GENERATION (from Lat. generare, to beget, procreate; genus, stock, race)

generation, and in 1815 Curely, who during the See also:

• HUNDRED

Hundred Days had rallied to his old leader, was placed on the retired See also:

• LIST (O.E. lisle, a Teutonic word, cf. Dut. lust, Ger. Leiste, adapted in Ital. lista and Fr. lisle)
• LIST, FRIEDRICH (1789-1846)

list . Withdrawing to the little See also:

• ESTATE (through O. Fr. estat, mod. flat, from Lat. status, state, condition, position, stare, to stand)

estate of Jaulny (near Thiaucourt), which was his See also:

• SOLE (Solea)

sole See also:

• PROPERTY

property, he lived in mournful retirement, which was saddened still further when in 1824 he was suddenly deprived of his See also:

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

rank .

This last See also:

• BLOW, JOHN (1648-1708)

blow hastened his See also:

• DEATH

death . Curely, had he arrived at high command earlier, would have been ranked with See also:

• LASALLE, ANTOINE CHEVALIER LOUIS COLLINET

Lasalle and See also:

• MONTBRUN, LOUIS PIERRE, COUNT (1770-1812)

Montbrun, but his career, later than theirs in beginning, was ended by the fall of See also:

• NAPOLEON

Napoleon . His devoted friend, De Brack, in his celebrated See also:

• WORK

work See also:

• LIGHT

Light Cavalry Outposts, considers Curely incomparable as a leader of light cavalry, and the portrait of Curely to be found in its pages is justly ranked as one of the masterpieces of military literature . The general himself See also:

• LEFT

left but a modest See also:

• MANUSCRIPT

manuscript, which was left for a subsequent generation to publish . See also Thoumas, Le General Curely: itineraires d'un See also:

• CAVALIER
• CAVALIER, JEAN (1681-1740)

Cavalier leger, 1793—1815 (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, 1887) .