COUNT

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• HENRI

HENRI

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• FRANCOIS (1558-1614)

FRANCOIS

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• COUNT HENRI FRANCOIS DELABORDE (1764-1833)

DELABORDE (1764-1833)  , French soldier, was the son of a baker of Dijon . At the out-break of the French Revolution he joined the " Volunteers of the Cote-d'Or," and passing rapidly through all the junior grades, was made general of brigade after the combat of Rhein-Zabern (1793) . As chief of the staff he was present at the siege of Toulon in the same year, and, promoted general of division, he was for a time governor of Corsica . In 1794 Delaborde served on the Spanish frontier, distinguishing himself at the Bidassoa (July 25) and Misquiriz (October 16) . His next command was on the Rhine . At the head of a division he took part in the celebrated campaigns of 1795-97, and in 1796 covered Moreau's right when that general invaded Bavaria . Delaborde was in constant military employment during the Consulate and the early Empire . Made commander of the Legion of Honour in 1804, he received the dignity of count in 18o8 . In that year he was serving in Portugal under Junot . Against Sir Arthur Wellesley's English army he fought the skilful and brilliant ,tear-guard action of Rolica . In 1812 he was one of Mortices divisional leaders in the Russian War, and in the following year' was grand cross and governor of the castle of Compiegne . Joining Napoleon in the Hundred Days, he was marked for punishment by the returning Bourbons, sent before a court-martial, and only escaped condemnation through a technical flaw in the wording of the charge .

The

rest of his life was spent in retirement .