See also:

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

COUNT See also:

• PIERRE

PIERRE See also:

• ANTOINE, ANDRE (1858- )

ANTOINE See also:

• NOEL, RODEN BERKELEY WRIOTHESLEY (1834-1894)

NOEL See also:

• BRUNO (BRUN, BRUNS) OF QUERFURT, SAINT (c. 975-1009)
• BRUNO, GIORDANO (c. 1548-1600)
• BRUNO, or BRUN (925–965)
• BRUNO, SAINT

BRUNO See also:

• COUNT PIERRE ANTOINE NOEL BRUNO DARU (1767-1829)

DARU (1767-1829)  , See also:

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

French soldier and statesman, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• MONTPELLIER

Montpellier on the 12th of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1767 . He was educated at the military school of See also:

• TOURNON

Tournon, conducted by the Oratorians, and entered the See also:

• ARTILLERY (the O. Fr. artiller, to equip with engines of war, probably comes from Late Lat. articulum, dim. of ars, art, cf. " engine " from ingenium, or of artus, joint)

artillery at an See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age . His fondness for literature, however, soon made itself 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, and he published seyeral slight pieces, until the outbreak of the French Revolution called him to a sterner occupation . In 1793 he became See also:

• COMMISSARY (from Med. Lat. commissaries, one to whom a charge or trust is committed)

commissary to the See also:

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

army, protecting the coasts of See also:

• BRITTANY

Brittany from projected descents of the See also:

• BRITISH

British, or of French royalists . Thrown into See also:

• PRISON (derived through the Fr. from the Lat. prehensio, seizure)

prison on a frivolous See also:

• CHARGE
• CHARGE (through the Fr. from the Late Lat. carricare, to load in a carrus or wagon; cf. " cargo ")

charge of friendliness to the royalists and See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, he was released after the fall of See also:

• ROBESPIERRE, MAXIMILIEN FRANCOIS MARIE ISIDORE DE (175$-1794)

Robespierre in the summer of 1794, and See also:

• ROSE
• ROSE (Rosa)
• ROSE, GEORGE (1744-1818)
• ROSE, HUGH JAMES (1795—1838)
• ROSE, WILLIAM STEWART (1775-1843)

rose in the service until, in 1799, he became See also:

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

chief commissary to the French army serving under See also:

• MASSENA, ANDRE, or ANDREA

Massena in the See also:

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

north of See also:

• SWITZERLAND

Switzerland . In that position he won repute for his organizing capacity, See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power of See also:

• WORK

work and unswerving probity—the last of which qualities was none too See also:

• COMMON

common in the French armies at that 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 . These exacting tasks did not absorb all his energies . He found time, even during the See also:

• CAMPAIGN

campaign, to translate See also:

• PART

part of See also:

• HORACE [QuINTus HORATIUS FLACCUS] (65-8 B.C.)

Horace and to compose two poems, the Poeme See also:

• DES

des Alpes and the See also:

• CHANT (derived through the Fr. from the Lat. cantare, to sing; an old form is " chaunt ")

Chant de guerre . The latter celebrated in indignant strains the See also:

• MURDER

murder of the French envoys to the See also:

• CONGRESS (Lat. congressus, coming together, from congredi; cum, with, and gradus, step)

congress of Rastadt . The See also:

• ACCESSION (from Lat. accedere, to go to, to approach)

accession of See also:

• NAPOLEON

Napoleon See also:

• BONAPARTE

Bonaparte to power in See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1799 led to the employment of See also:

• DARU, PIERRE ANTOINE NOEL BRUNO, COUNT (1767-1829)

Daru as chief commissary to the Army of Reserve intended for North See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy, and commanded nominally by See also:

• BERTHIER, LOUIS ALEXANDRE

Berthier, but really by the First See also:

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

Consul . Conjointly with Berthier and Dejean, he signed the See also:

• ARMISTICE (from Lat. arma, arms, and sistere, to stop)

armistice with the Austrians which closed the campaign in North Italy in See also:

• JUNE

June 1800 . Daru now returned, for a time, mainly to See also:

• CIVIL

civil See also:

• LIFE

life, and entered the tribunate, where he ably maintained the principles of democratic See also:

• LIBERTY (Lat. libertas, from liber, free)

liberty .

On the renewal of See also:

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

war with England, in May 1803, he again resumed his duties as chief commissary for the army on the See also:

• NORTHERN

northern coasts . It was afterwards asserted that, on Napoleon's resolve to turn the army of England against See also:

• AUSTRIA
• AUSTRIA, LOWER (Ger. Niederosterreich or Osterreich unter der Enns, " Austria below the river Enns ")
• AUSTRIA, UPPER (Ger. Oberosterreich or Osterreich ob der Enns, " Austria above the river Enns ")

Austria, Daru had set down at the See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor's dictation all the details of the campaign which culminated at See also:

• ULM

Ulm . The See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

story is apocryphal; but Napoleon's confidence in him was evinced by his being appointed to similar duties in the See also:

• GRAND

Grand Army, which in the autumn of 1805 overthrew the armies of Austria and See also:

• RUSSIA
• RUSSIA (Rossiya)

Russia . After the See also:

• BATTLE

battle of See also:

• AUSTERLITZ (Czech Slavkov)

Austerlitz, he took part in the drafting of the treaty of Presburg . At this time, too, he became See also:

• INTENDANT (from Lat. intendens, pres. part. of intendere, to apply the mind to, to watch over; cf. " superintendent ")

intendant-See also:

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

general of the military See also:

• HOUSEHOLD, ROYAL

household of Napoleon . In the See also:

• CAMPAIGNS

campaigns of 1806–1807 he served, in his usual capacity, in the army which overthrew the forces of Russia and See also:

• PRUSSIA
• PRUSSIA (Ger. Preussen; Lat. Borussia)

Prussia; and he had a See also:

• SHARE (O. Eng. scearu, chiefly in compounds, e.g. land-scearu, a share of land, from sceran to cut; cf. " shear" )

share in See also:

• DRAWING

drawing up the treaty of See also:

• TILSIT

Tilsit (7th of See also:

• JULY

July 1807) . After this he supervised the administrative and See also:

• FINANCIAL

financial duties in connexion with the French army which occupied the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal fortresses of Prussia, and was one of the chief agents through whom Napoleon pressed hard on that See also:

• LAND

land . At the congress of See also:

• ERFURT

Erfurt, Daru had the See also:

• PRIVILEGE

privilege of being See also:

• PRESENT

present at the interview between See also:

• GOETHE, JOHANN WOLFGANG VON (1749-1832)

Goethe and Napoleon, and interposed tactful references to the See also:

• WORKS

works of the great poet . Daru fulfilled his usual duties in the campaign of 1809 against Austria . Afterwards, when the subject of the See also:

• DIVORCE

divorce of See also:

• JOSEPHINE (MARIE ROSE JOSEPHINE TASCHER DE LA PAGERIE) (1763–1814)

Josephine and the choice of a See also:

• RUSSIAN

Russian or of an See also:

• AUSTRIAN

Austrian princess came to be discussed, Daru, on being consulted by Napoleon, is said boldly to have counselled his See also:

• MARRIAGE

marriage with a French See also:

• LADY (0. Eng. hlaefdige, Mid. Eng. ldfdi, lavedi; the first part of the word is hldf, loaf, bread, as in the corresponding hldford, lord; the second part is usually taken to be from the root dig-, to knead, seen also in " dough "; the sense development fr

lady; and Napoleon, who admired his frankness and honesty, took the reply in See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good part . In 1811 he became secretary of See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state in See also:

• SUCCESSION (Lat. successio, from succedere, to follow after)

succession to See also:

• MARET

Maret, duc de See also:

• BASSANO
• BASSANO, JACOPO DA PONTE (1510-1592)

Bassano, and showed his usual ability in the See also:

• ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration of the vast and complex affairs of the French See also:

• EMPIRE

empire, including the arrangements connected with the civil 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 and the imperial domains . But neither his devotion to civic See also:

• DUTY (from " due," that which is owing, O. Fr. deu, dil, past participle of devoir; Lat. debere, debitum; cf. " debt ")

duty nor to the administration of the affairs of the Grand Army could See also:

• WARD
• WARD, ADOLPHUS WILLIAM (1837- )
• WARD, ARTEMUS
• WARD, EDWARD MATTHEW (1816-1879)
• WARD, ELIZABETH STUART PHELPS (1844-1911)
• WARD, JAMES (1769--1859)
• WARD, JAMES (1843– )
• WARD, JOHN QUINCY ADAMS (1830-1910)
• WARD, LESTER FRANK (1841– )
• WARD, MARY AUGUSTA [MRS HUMPHRY WARD]
• WARD, WILLIAM (1766-1826)
• WARD, WILLIAM GEORGE (1812-1882)

ward off disaster .

See also:

• LATE

Late in the See also:

• YEAR

year 1813 he took up the See also:

• PORTFOLIO (shortened form of Porto folio, adapted from the Ital. portafogli, portare, to carry, and fogli, sheets or leaves of paper, Lat. folium, leaf)

portfolio of military affairs . After the first See also:

• ABDICATION (Lat. abdicatio, disowning, renouncing, from ab, from, and dicare, to declare, to proclaim as not belonging to one)

abdication of Napoleon in 1814, Daru retired into private life, but aided Napoleon during the See also:

• HUNDRED

Hundred Days . After the second Restoration he became a member of the Chamber of Peers, in which he ably defended the cause of popular liberty against the attacks of the ultra-royalists . He died at Meulan on the 5th of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1829 . Few men of the See also:

• NAPOLEONIC

Napoleonic empire have been more generally admired and respected than Daru . On one occasion when he expressed a fear that he lacked all the gifts of a courtier, Napoleon replied, " Courtiers ! They are common enough about me; I shall never be in want of them . What I want is an enlightened, See also:

• FIRM

firm and vigilant See also:

• ADMINISTRATOR

administrator; and that is why I have chosen you." At another time Napoleon said, " Daru is good on all sides; he has good See also:

• JUDGMENT

judgment, a good See also:

• INTELLECT (Lat. intellectus, from intelligere, to understand)

intellect, a great power for work, and a See also:

• BODY

body and mind of See also:

• IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron." The only occasion on which he is known to have sunk beneath the See also:

• WEIGHT

weight of his duties was in the course of See also:

• WRITING
• WRITING (the verbal noun of " to write," O. Eng. writan, to inscribe)

writing letters at the emperor's dictation for the third See also:

• NIGHT

night in succession . Of Darn's See also:

• LITERARY

literary works may be mentioned his Histoire de Venise, published at 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 in 7 vols. in 1819; the Histoire de Bretagne, in 3 vols . (Paris, 1826); a poetical See also:

• TRANSLATION

translation of Horace (of which Le Brun remarked: " Je ne lis point Daru, j'aime trop mon Horace ") ; Discours en vers sur See also:

• LES

les facultes de l'homme (Paris, 1825), and Astronomie, a didactic poem in six cantos (Paris, 1820) . See the " See also:

• NOTICE

Notice " by Viennet prefixed to the See also:

• FOURTH

fourth edition of Darn's Histoire de la ripublique de Venise (9 vols., 1853), and three articles by Sainte-Beuve in Causeries du lundi, vol. ix . For the many letters of Napoleon to Daru see the Correspondance de Napoleon I" (32 vols., Paris, 1858-187o) .

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