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COUNT HENRI FRANCOIS DELABORDE (1764-...

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Originally appearing in Volume V07, Page 941 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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COUNT See also:HENRI See also:FRANCOIS See also:DELABORDE (1764-1833)  , See also:French soldier, was the son of a See also:baker of See also:Dijon . At the out-break of the French Revolution he joined the " See also:Volunteers of the Cote-d'Or," and passing rapidly through all the junior grades, was made See also:general of See also:brigade after the combat of Rhein-See also:Zabern (1793) . As See also:chief of the See also:staff he was See also:present at the See also:siege of See also:Toulon in the same See also:year, and, promoted general of See also:division, he was for a See also:time See also:governor of See also:Corsica . In 1794 See also:Delaborde served on the See also:Spanish frontier, distinguishing himself at the Bidassoa (See also:July 25) and Misquiriz (See also:October 16) . His next command was on the See also:Rhine . At the See also:head of a division he took See also:part in the celebrated See also:campaigns of 1795-97, and in 1796 covered See also:Moreau's right when that general invaded See also:Bavaria . Delaborde was in See also:constant military employment during the Consulate and the See also:early See also:Empire . Made See also:commander of the See also:Legion of See also:Honour in 1804, he received the dignity of See also:count in 18o8 . In that year he was serving in See also:Portugal under See also:Junot . Against See also:Sir See also:Arthur See also:Wellesley's See also:English See also:army he fought the skilful and brilliant ,See also:tear-guard See also:action of Rolica . In 1812 he was one of Mortices divisional leaders in the See also:Russian See also:War, and in the following year' was See also:grand See also:cross and governor of the See also:castle of See also:Compiegne . Joining See also:Napoleon in the See also:Hundred Days, he was marked for See also:punishment by the returning Bourbons, sent before a See also:court-See also:martial, and only escaped condemnation through a technical flaw in the wording of the See also:charge .

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rest of his See also:life was spent in retirement .

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