See also:

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

COUNT See also:

• GUILLAUME
• GUILLAUME, JEAN BAPTISTE CLAUDE EUGENE (1822-1905)

GUILLAUME MATHIEU See also:

• DUMAS, ALEXANDRE
• DUMAS, ALEXANDRE [" DUMAS FILS"] (1824-1895)
• COUNT GUILLAUME MATHIEU DUMAS (1753-1837)
• DUMAS, JEAN BAPTISTE ANDRE (1800-1884)

DUMAS (1753-1837)  , See also:

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

French See also:

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

general, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• MONTPELLIER

Montpellier, of a See also:

• NOBLE, SIR ANDREW (1832- )

noble See also:

• FAMILY

family, on the 23rd of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1753 . He joined the See also:

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

army in 1773, and entered upon active service in 178o, as aide-de-See also:

• CAMP (from Lat. campus, field)

camp to See also:

• ROCHAMBEAU, JEAN BAPTISTE DONATIEN DE VIMEUR, COMTE DE (1725-1807)

Rochambeau in the See also:

• AMERICAN

American See also:

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

War . 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 all the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal engagements that occurred during a See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period of nearly two years . On the conclusion of See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace in 1783 he returned to See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France as a See also:

• MAJOR
• MAJOR (Lat. for " greater ")
• MAJOR (or MAIR), JOHN (1470-1550)

major . He was engaged from 1784 to 1786 in exploring the See also:

• ARCHIPELAGO

archipelago and the coasts of See also:

• TURKEY

Turkey . He was See also:

• PRESENT

present at the See also:

• SIEGE (0. Fr. sege, siege, mod. siege, seat, ultimately from sedere, to sit, cf. Class. Lat. obsidium, a siege)

siege of See also:

• AMSTERDAM
• AMSTERDAM (NEw AMSTERDAM)

Amsterdam in 1787, where he co-operated with the Dutch against the Prussians . At the Revolution he acted with See also:

• LAFAYETTE

Lafayette and the constitutional liberal party . He was entrusted by the See also:

• ASSEMBLY, UNLAWFUL

Assembly with the command of the escort which conducted See also:

• LOUIS
• LOUIS (804–876)
• LOUIS (893–911)
• LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
• LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian

Louis XVI. to 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 from Varennes . In 1791as a marechal de camp he was appointed to a command at See also:

• METZ

Metz, where he rendered important service in improving the discipline of the troops . Chosen a member of the Legislative Assembly in the same See also:

• YEAR

year by the See also:

• DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department of See also:

• SEINE
• SEINE (Lat. Sequana)
• SEINE, or SEAN (O. Fr. seigne, mod. seine, Lat. sagena, Gr. vaytivrl, a draw-net)

Seine-et-See also:

• OISE

Oise, he was in the following year elected See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

president of the Assembly . When the extreme republicans gained the ascendancy, however, he judged it prudent to make his See also:

• ESCAPE (in mid. Eng. eschape or escape, from the O. Fr. eschapper, modern echapper, and escaper, low Lat. escapium, from ex, out of, and cappa, cape, cloak; cf. for the sense development the Gr. iichueoOat, literally to put off one's clothes, hence to sli

escape to See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England . Returning after a brief See also:

• INTERVAL

interval, under the See also:

• APPREHENSION (Lat. ad, to; prehendere, to seize)

apprehension that his See also:

• FATHER

father-in-See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law would be held responsible for his See also:

• ABSENCE (Lat. absentia)

absence, he arrived in Paris in the midst of the Reign of Terror, and had to flee to See also:

• SWITZERLAND

Switzerland .

Soon after his return to France he was elected a member of the See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

Council of Ancients . After the 18th Fructidor (1797) See also:

• DUMAS, ALEXANDRE
• DUMAS, ALEXANDRE [" DUMAS FILS"] (1824-1895)
• DUMAS, GUILLAUME MATHIEU, COUNT (1753-1837)
• DUMAS, JEAN BAPTISTE ANDRE (1800-1884)

Dumas, being proscribed as a monarchist, made his escape to See also:

• HOLSTEIN
• HOLSTEIN, FRIEDRICH VON (1837–1909)

Holstein, where he wrote the first See also:

• PART

part of his Precis See also:

• DES

des evenements militaires (published anonymously at See also:

• HAMBURG

Hamburg, 1800) . 4 Recalled to his native See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country when See also:

• BONAPARTE

Bonaparte became First See also:

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

Consul, he was entrusted with the organization of the "Army of Reserve " at See also:

• DIJON

Dijon . In 18or he was nominated a councillor of See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state . He did See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good service at See also:

• AUSTERLITZ (Czech Slavkov)

Austerlitz, and went in 18o6 to See also:

• NAPLES
• NAPLES (Ital. Napoli, and Lat. Neapolis)
• NAPLES, KINGDOM OF

Naples, where he became See also:

• MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

minister of war to See also:

• JOSEPH
• JOSEPH, COMTE DE (1785-1870)
• JOSEPH, FATHER (FRANCOIS LECLERC DU TREMBLAY) (1577-1638)

Joseph Bonaparte . On the See also:

• TRANSFER (from Lat. transferre, to bear across, carry over)

transfer of Joseph to the See also:

• THRONE

throne of See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain, Dumas rejoined the French army, with which he served in Spain during the See also:

• CAMPAIGN

campaign of 18o8, and in See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany during that of 1809 . After the See also:

• BATTLE

battle of See also:

• WAGRAM (DEUTSCH-WAGRAM)

Wagram, Dumas was employed in negotiating the See also:

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

armistice . In 1810 he became See also:

• GRAND

grand officer of the See also:

• LEGION (Lat. legio)

Legion of See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

Honour and a See also:

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

count of the See also:

• EMPIRE

empire . In the See also:

• RUSSIAN

Russian campaign of 1812 he held the See also:

• POST

post of See also:

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

intendant-general of the army, which involved the See also:

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

charge of the administrative department . The privations he suffered in the See also:

• RETREAT (O. Fr. retrete, mod. retraite, from Lat. retrahere, to draw back)

retreat from See also:

• MOSCOW (Russian Moskva)
• MOSCOW, (Russian Moskva)

Moscow brought on a dangerous illness . Resuming, on his recovery, his duties as intendant-general, he took part in the battles of 1813, and was made prisoner after the See also:

• CAPITULATION (Lat. capitulum, a little head or division; capitulare, to treat upon terms)

capitulation of See also:

• DRESDEN

Dresden . On the See also:

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

accession of Louis XVIII., Dumas rendered his new See also:

• SOVEREIGN

sovereign important services in connexion with the See also:

• ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration of the army .

When See also:

• NAPOLEON

Napoleon returned from See also:

• ELBA (Gr. AiWaXla; Lat. Ilva)

Elba, Dumas at first kept himself in retirement, but he was persuaded by Joseph Bonaparte to present himself to the See also:

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

emperor, who employed him in organizing the See also:

• NATIONAL

National Guard . Obliged to retire when Louis XVIII. was restored, he devoted his leisure to the continuation of his Precis des evenements militaires, of which nineteen volumes, embracing the See also:

• HISTORY

history of the war from 1798 to the peace of 1807, appeared between 1817 and 1826 . A growing weakness of sight, ending in See also:

• BLINDNESS

blindness, prevented him from carrying the See also:

• WORK

work further, but he translated See also:

• NAPIER
• NAPIER, JOHN (1550-1617)
• NAPIER, SIR CHARLES (1786-1860)
• NAPIER, SIR CHARLES JAMES (1782-1853)
• NAPIER, SIR WILLIAM FRANCIS PATRICK (1785-1860)

Napier's See also:

• PENINSULAR

Peninsular War as a sort of continuation to it . In 1818 Dumas was restored to favour and admitted a member of the council of state, from which, however, he was excluded in 1822 . After the revolution of 183o, in which he took an active part, Dumas was created a peer of France, and re-entered the council of state . He died at Paris on the 16th of See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1837 . Besides the Precis des evenements militaires, which forms a valuable source for the history of the period, Dumas wrote Souvenirs du lieut.-general See also:

• COMTE, AUGUSTE [ISIDORE AUGUSTE MARIE FRANCOIS XAVIER] (1798-1857)

Comte Mathieu Dumas (published posthumously by his son, Paris, 1839) .