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 See also:

• FRANCOIS (1558-1614)

FRANCOIS See also:

• CHARLES FRANCOIS DUMOURIEZ (1739—1823)

DUMOURIEZ (1739—1823)  , 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 Cambray in 1739 . His See also:

• FATHER

father was a See also:

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

commissary of the royal See also:

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

army, and educated his son most carefully in various branches of learning . The boy continued his studies at the See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

college of 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-le-See also:

• GRAND

Grand, and in 1757 began his military career as a volunteer in the See also:

• CAMPAIGN

campaign of See also:

• ROSSBACH

Rossbach . He received a See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

commission for See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good conduct in See also:

• ACTION

action, and served in the later See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German See also:

• CAMPAIGNS

campaigns of the Seven Years' See also:

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

War with distinction; but at the See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace he was retired as a See also:

• CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

captain, with a small See also:

• PENSION (Lat. pensio, a payment, from pendere, to weigh, to pay)

pension and the See also:

• CROSS

cross of St Louis . See also:

• DUMOURIEZ, CHARLES FRANCOIS (1739—1823)

Dumouriez then visited See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy and See also:

• CORSICA (Fr. Corse)

Corsica, See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain and See also:

• PORTUGAL

Portugal, and his memorials to the duc de See also:

• CHOISEUL, CESAR
• CHOISEUL, ETIENNE FRANCOIS

Choiseul on Corsican affairs led to his re-employment on the See also:

• STAFF (O. Eng. staef, cf. Du. staf, Ger. Stab, &c.; Icel. stafr meant also a written letter, and O. Eng. stafas, the letters of the alphabet; " stave," one of the thin pieces of wood of which a cask is made, is a doublet)

staff of the French expeditionary See also:

• CORPS (pronounced as in French, from which it is taken, being a late spelling of tors, from Lat. corpus, a body; cf. " corpse ")

corps sent to the See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island, for which he gained the See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank of See also:

• LIEUTENANT

lieutenant-See also:

• COLONEL (derived either from Lat. column, Fr. colonne, column, or Lat. corona, a crown)

colonel . After this he became a member of the See also:

• SECRET (Lat. secretum, hidden, concealed)

Secret du roi, the secret service under Louis XV., where his fertility of See also:

• DIPLOMATIC

diplomatic resource had full See also:

• SCOPE (through Ital. scopo, aim, purpose, intent, from Gr. o'KOaos, mark to shoot at, aim, o ic07reiv, to see, whence the termination in telescope, microscope, &c.)

scope, In 1770 he was sent on a See also:

• MISSION

mission into See also:

• POLAND (Polish Polska, Ger. Polen), (see POLAND, RUSSIAN, below)
• POLAND, RUSSIAN

Poland, where in addition to his See also:

• POLITICAL

political business he organized a See also:

• POLISH

Polish See also:

• MILITIA (Fr. milice, Ger. Miliz, from Lat. miles, soldier, militia, military service)

militia . The fall of Choiseul brought about his recall, and somewhat later he was imprisoned in the See also:

• BASTILLE (from Fr. bastir, now bdtir, to build)

Bastille, where he spent six months, occupying himself with See also:

• LITERARY

literary pursuits . He was then removed to See also:

• CAEN

Caen, where he was detained until the See also:

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

accession of Louis XVI . Upon his See also:

• RELEASE (O.Fr. reles, variant of relais, from relaisser, to release, let go, Lat. relaxare)

release in 1774 he married his See also:

• COUSIN (Fr. cousin, Ital. cugino, Late Lat. cosinus, perhaps a popular and familiar abbreviation of consobrinus, which has the same sense in classical Latin)
• COUSIN, JEAN (1500-1590)
• COUSIN, VICTOR (1792–1867)

cousin Mlle de Broissy, but he was neglectful and unfaithful, and in 1789 the pair separated, the wife taking See also:

• REFUGE

refuge in a See also:

• CONVENT (Lat. conventus, from convenire, to come together)

convent . Meanwhile Dumouriez had devoted his See also:

• ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention to the See also:

• INTERNAL

internal See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state of his own 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, and amongst the very numerous memorials which he sent in to the See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government was one on the See also:

• DEFENCE
• DEFENCE (Lat. defendere, to defend)

defence of See also:

• NORMANDY

Normandy and its ports, which procured him in 1778 the postof commandant of See also:

• CHERBOURG

Cherbourg, which he administered with much success for ten years . He became marechal de See also:

• CAMP (from Lat. campus, field)

camp in 1788; but his ambition was not satisfied, and at the outbreak of the Revolution, seeing the opportunity for See also:

• CARVING

carving out a career, he went 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, where he joined the Jacobin See also:

• CLUB (connected with " clump ")

Club . The See also:

• DEATH

death of See also:

• MIRABEAU, ANDRE BONIFACE LOUIS RIQUETI, VICOMTE DE (1754-1792)
• MIRABEAU, HONORS GABRIEL RIQUETI, COMTE DE (1749-1791)
• MIRABEAU, VICTOR RIQUETI, MARQUIS DE (1715-1789)

Mirabeau, to whose fortunes he had attached himself, was a See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• BLOW, JOHN (1648-1708)

blow to him; but, promoted to the rank of lieutenant-general and commandant of See also:

• NANTES
• NANTES, EDICT OF

Nantes, his opportunity came after the See also:

• FLIGHT

flight to Varennes, when he attracted attention by offering to 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 to the assistance of the See also:

• ASSEMBLY, UNLAWFUL

Assembly .

He now attached himself to the Girondist party, and on the 15th of March 1792 was appointed See also:

• MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

minister of See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign affairs . He was mainly responsible for the See also:

• DECLARATION (from Lat. declarare, to make fully clear, clams)

declaration of war 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 (See also:

• APRIL

April 20), and the invasion of the See also:

• LOW, SETH (1850- )
• LOW, WILL HICOK (1853- )

Low Countries was planned by him . On the dismissal of See also:

• ROLAND
• ROLAND, LEGEND OF

Roland, Claviere and See also:

• SERVAN (or SERVANDO known as SERVANDONI), JEAN NICOLAS (1695–1766)
• SERVAN, JOSEPH MICHEL ANTOINE (1737-1807)

Servan (See also:

• JUNE

June 13), he took the latter's See also:

• POST

post of minister of war, but resigned it two days later on See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king's refusal to come to terms with the Assembly, and went to join the army of See also:

• MARSHAL (med. Lat. marescalcus, from O.H.Ger. marah, horse, and scalc, servant)

Marshal Lackner . After the emeute of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August to and See also:

• LAFAYETTE

Lafayette's flight he was appointed to the command of the " Army of the Centre," and at the same moment the See also:

• COALITION (Lat. coalitio, the verbal substantive of coalescere, to grow together)

Coalition assumed the offensive . Dumouriez acted promptly . His subordinate See also:

• KELLERMANN, FRANCOIS CHRISTOPHE DE (1735-1820)

Kellermann repulsed the Prussians at Valmy (See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 20, 1792), and he himself severely defeated the Austrians at See also:

• JEMAPPES

Jemappes (See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 6) . Returning to Paris, he was received with a popular See also:

• OVATION (Lat. ovatio)

ovation; but he was out of sympathy with the extremists in See also:

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

power, his old-fashioned methodical method of conducting war exposed him to the See also:

• CRITICISM
• CRITICISM (from the Gr. KpiTrlS, a judge, Kpivew, to decide, to give an authoritative opinion)

criticism of the ardent See also:

• JACOBINS, THE

Jacobins, and a defeat would mean the end of his career . Defeat coming to him at See also:

• NEERWINDEN

Neerwinden in See also:

• JANUARY

January 1793, he ventured all on a desperate stroke . Arresting the commissaries of the See also:

• CONVENTION (Lat. conventio, an assembly or agreement, from convenire, to come together)
• CONVENTION, THE NATIONAL

Convention sent to inquire into his conduct, he handed them over to the enemy, and then attempted to persuade his troops to march on Paris and overthrow the revolutionary government . The See also:

• ATTEMPT (Lat. adtemptare, attentare, to try)

attempt failed, and Dumouriez, with the duc de See also:

• CHARTRES

Chartres (afterwards King Louis Philippe) and his See also:

• BROTHER

brother the duc de See also:

• MONTPENSIER, ANNE MARIE LOUISE
• MONTPENSIER, COUNTS AND DUKES OF

Montpensier, fled into the See also:

• AUSTRIAN

Austrian camp . He now wandered from country to country, occupied in ceaseless intrigues with Louis XVIII., or for setting up an Orleanist See also:

• MONARCHY (Fr. monarchic, from Lat. monarchia, Gr. uovapXia, rule of one, µbvos, alone, apXi7, rule)

monarchy, until in 1804 he settled in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, where the government conferred on him a pension of 1200 a See also:

• YEAR

year . He became a valuable adviser to the War See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

Office in connexion with the struggle with See also:

• NAPOLEON

Napoleon, though the extent to which this went was only known in public many years later .

In 1814 and 1815 he endeavoured to procure from Louis XVIII. the See also:

• BATON (Fr. baton, baston, from Late Lat. basto, a stick or staff)

baton of a marshal of See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France, but was refused . He died at Turville See also:

• PARK (Fr. part; Ital. parco; Sp. Marque; O.Eng. pearroc; connected with Ger. pferch, fold, and pfarrei, district, translating med. Lat. parochia, parish)
• PARK, EDWARDS AMASA (1808–1900)
• PARK, MUNGO (1771-1806?)

Park, near See also:

• HENLEY, JOHN (1692-1759)
• HENLEY, WILLIAM ERNEST (1849-1903)

Henley-on-See also:

• THAMES

Thames, on the 14th of March 1823 . His See also:

• MEMOIRS

memoirs were published at See also:

• HAMBURG

Hamburg in 1794 . An enlarged edition, La See also:

• VIE

Vie et See also:

• LES

les memoires du General Dumouriez, appeared at Paris in 1823 . Dumouriez was also the author of a large number of political See also:

• PAMPHLETS

pamphlets . See A. von Boguslawski, Das Leben See also:

• DES

des Generals Dumouriez (See also:

• BERLIN
• BERLIN, CONGRESS AND TREATY OF
• BERLIN, ISAIAH (1725–1799)

Berlin, 1878–1879); Revue des deux mondes (15th See also:

• JULY

July, 1st and 15th August 1884) ; H . Welschinger, Le See also:

• ROMAN

Roman de Dumouriez (189o) ; A . Chuquet, La Premiere Invasion, Valmy, La Retraite de See also:

• BRUNSWICK
• BRUNSWICK (Ger. Braunschweig)
• BRUNSWICK, KARL WILHELM FERDINAND, DUKE OF (1735-18o6)

Brunswick, Jemappes, La Trahison de Dumouriez (Paris, 1886–1891); A . See also:

• SOREL
• SOREL, AGNES (c. 1422-1450)
• SOREL, ALBERT (1842-1906)
• SOREL, CHARLES, SIEUR DE SOUVIGNY (1597-1674)

Sorel, L'See also:

• EUROPE

Europe et la Revolution francaise (1885–1892) ; J . See also:

• HOLLAND
• HOLLAND, CHARLES (1733–1769)
• HOLLAND, COUNTY AND PROVINCE OF
• HOLLAND, HENRY FOX, 1ST BARON (1705–1774)
• HOLLAND, HENRY RICH, 1ST EARL OF (1S9o-,649)
• HOLLAND, HENRY RICHARD VASSALL FOX, 3RD
• HOLLAND, JOSIAH GILBERT (1819-1881)
• HOLLAND, PHILEMON (1552-1637)
• HOLLAND, RICHARD, or RICHARD DE HOLANDE (fl. 1450)
• HOLLAND, SIR HENRY, BART

Holland See also:

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

Rose and A . M . Broadley, Dumouriez and the Defence of England (1908) ; E .

See also:

• DAUDET, ALPHONSE (1840-1897)

Daudet, La Conjuration de See also:

• PICHEGRU, CHARLES (1761-1804)

Pichegru et les See also:

• CORN (a common Teutonic word; cf. Lat. granum, seed, grain)
• CORN (fromm Lat. corms, horn)

corn plots royalistes du midi et du 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, 1795—1797 (Paris, 1901) .