See also:

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

COUNT 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 MATHIEU ISIDORE See also:

• COUNT CHARLES MATHIEU ISIDORE DECAEN (1769-1832)

DECAEN (1769-1832)  , See also:

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

French soldier, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• CAEN

Caen on the 13th of See also:

• APRIL

April 1769 . He was educated for the See also:

• BAR
• BAR (0. Fr. barre, Late Lat. barra, origin unknown)
• BAR, CONFEDERATION OF
• BAR, FRANCOIS DE (1538-1606)
• BAR, THE

bar, but soon showed a strong preference for the military career, in which he quickly made his way during the See also:

• WARS

wars of the French Revolution under Kleber, Marceau and See also:

• JOURDAN, JEAN BAPTISTE, COUNT (1762-1833)

Jourdan, in the Rhenish See also:

• CAMPAIGNS

campaigns . In 1799 he became See also:

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

general of See also:

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

division, and contributed to the success of the famous attack by General Richepanse on the See also:

• AUSTRIAN

Austrian flank. and See also:

• REAR

rear at Hohenlinden (See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1800) . Becoming known for his Anglophobe tendencies, he was selected by See also:

• NAPOLEON

Napoleon See also:

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

early in the See also:

• YEAR

year 1802 for the command of the French possessions in the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East Indies . The See also:

• SECRET (Lat. secretum, hidden, concealed)

secret instructions issued to him bade him prepare the way, so that in due course (See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1804 was hinted at as the suitable 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) everything might be ready for an attack on the See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

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

power in See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India . Napoleon held out to him the See also:

• HOPE, ANTHONY
• HOPE, THOMAS (c. 1770-1831)

hope of acquiring lasting See also:

• GLORY (through the O. Fr. glorie, modern gloire, from Lat. gloria, cognate with Gr. KXebs, abets)

glory in that enterprise . See also:

• DECAEN, CHARLES MATHIEU ISIDORE, COUNT (1769-1832)

Decaen set See also:

• SAIL

sail with See also:

• ADMIRAL

Admiral Linois early in See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1803 with a small expeditionary force, touched at the Cape of See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

Good Hope (then in Dutch hands), and noted the See also:

• CONDITION (Lat. condicio, from condicere, to agree upon, arrange; not connected with conditio, from condere, conditum, to put together)

condition of the fortifications there . On arriving at See also:

• PONDICHERRY

Pondicherry he found matters in a very See also:

• CRITICAL (in alphabetical order of authors)

critical condition . Though the outbreak of See also:

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

war in See also:

• EUROPE

Europe had not yet been heard of, the hostile preparations adopted by the See also:

• MARQUIS

Marquis See also:

• WELLESLEY
• WELLESLEY, RICHARD COLLEY WESLEY (or WELLESLEY)

Wellesley caused Decaen to withdraw promptly to the Isle of See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France (See also:

• MAURITIUS

Mauritius), where, during eight years, he sought to harass British See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade and prepare.for plans of See also:

• ALLIANCE

alliance with the Mahratta princes of India . They all came to naught . Linois was captured by a British See also:

• SQUADRON

squadron, and ultimately, in 1811, Mauritius itself See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

fell to the See also:

• UNION
• UNION (known locally as Union Hill and officially as Town of Union)

Union See also:

• JACK

Jack . Returning to France on See also:

• HONOURABLE (Fr. honorable, from Lat. honorabilis, worthy of honour)

honourable terms, Decaen received the command of the French troops in See also:

• CATALONIA (Cataluna)

Catalonia .

The See also:

• REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest of his career calls for no See also:

• SPECIAL

special mention . He died of the See also:

• CHOLERA (from the Gr. Xo)du, tile, and Map, to flow)

cholera in 1832 . See M . L . E . See also:

• GAUTIER
• GAUTIER, EMILE THEODORE LEON (1832-1897)
• GAUTIER, THEOPHILE (1811-1872)

Gautier, Biographie du general Decaen (Caen, 1850) . (J . Hi .