MAXIMILIEN SEBASTIEN See also:

• MAXIMILIEN SEBASTIEN FOY (1775-1825)

FOY (1775-1825)  , 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 and statesman, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• HAM

Ham in See also:

• PICARDY (La Picardie)

Picardy on the 3rd of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1775 . He was the son of an old soldier who had fought at See also:

• FONTENOY

Fontenoy and had become See also:

• POST

post-See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master of the See also:

• TOWN

town in which he lived . His See also:

• FATHER

father died in 178o, and his See also:

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

early instruc- occur in See also:

• SHETLAND, or ZETLAND

Shetland or in some of the eastern counties of See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England . I tion was given by his See also:

• MOTHER

mother, a woman of See also:

• ENGLISH

English origin and of See also:

• SUPERIOR

superior ability . He continued his See also:

• EDUCATION

education at the See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

college of See also:

• SOISSONS

Soissons, and thence passed at the See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age of fifteen to the See also:

• ARTILLERY (the O. Fr. artiller, to equip with engines of war, probably comes from Late Lat. articulum, dim. of ars, art, cf. " engine " from ingenium, or of artus, joint)

artillery school of La Fere . After eighteen months' successful study he entered the See also:

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

army, served his first See also:

• CAMPAIGN

campaign in See also:

• FLANDERS (Flem. Vlaanderen)

Flanders (1791—92) , and was See also:

• PRESENT

present at the See also:

• BATTLE

battle of Jemmapes . He soon attained 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:

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

captain, and served successively under Dampierre, See also:

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

Jourdan, See also:

• PICHEGRU, CHARLES (1761-1804)

Pichegru and Houchard . In 1794, in consequence of having spoken freely against the violence of the extreme party st 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, he was imprisoned by See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order of the See also:

• COMMISSIONER

commissioner of the See also:

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

Convention, See also:

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

Joseph Lebon, at Cambray, but regained his See also:

• LIBERTY (Lat. libertas, from liber, free)

liberty soon after the fall of See also:

• ROBESPIERRE, MAXIMILIEN FRANCOIS MARIE ISIDORE DE (175$-1794)

Robespierre . He served under See also:

• MOREAU, GUSTAVE (1826-1898)
• MOREAU, HEGESIPPE (18ro-1838)
• MOREAU, JEAN VICTOR MARIE (1763-1813)

Moreau in the See also:

• CAMPAIGNS

campaigns of 1796 and 1797, distinguishing himself in many engagements . The leisure which the treaty of Campo Formio gave him he devoted to the study of public 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 and See also:

• MODERN

modern See also:

• HISTORY

history, attending the lectures of Christoph Wilhelm von See also:

• KOCH
• KOCH, ROBERT (1843–1910)

Koch (1737-1813), the famous See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor of public law at See also:

• STRASSBURG, or STRASBURG (French Strasbourg)

Strassburg . He was recommended by Desaix to the See also:

• NOTICE

notice of General See also:

• BONAPARTE

Bonaparte, but declined to serve 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 See also:

• EGYPTIAN

Egyptian expedition . In the campaign of See also:

• SWITZERLAND

Switzerland (1798) he distinguished himself afresh, though he served only with the greatest reluctance against a See also:

• PEOPLE

people which possessed republican institutions .

In See also:

• MASSENA, ANDRE, or ANDREA

Massena's brilliant campaign of 1799 See also:

• FOY, MAXIMILIEN SEBASTIEN (1775-1825)

Foy won the rank of chef de See also:

• BRIGADE (Fr. and Ger. brigade, Ital. brigata, Span. brigada; the English use of the word dates from the early 17th century)

brigade . In the following See also:

• YEAR

year he served under See also:

• MONCEY, BON ADRIEN JEANNOT DE, DUKE OF CONEGLIANO (1754-1842)

Moncey in the See also:

• MARENGO

Marengo campaign and afterwards in See also:

• TIROL (or TYROL 1)

Tirol . Foy's republican principles caused him to oppose the See also:

• GRADUAL (Med. Lat. gradualis, of or belonging to steps or degrees; gradus, step)

gradual rise of See also:

• NAPOLEON

Napoleon to the supreme See also:

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

power and at the 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 of Moreau's trial he escaped See also:

• ARREST (Fr. arrester, arreeter, to stop or stay)

arrest only by joining the army in 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 . Foy voted against the See also:

• ESTABLISHMENT (0. Fr. establissement, Fr. etablissement, late Norm. Fr. establishement, from O. Fr. establir, Fr. etablir, Lat. stabilire, to make stable)

establishment of the See also:

• EMPIRE

empire, but the only See also:

• PENALTY (Lat. poena, punishment)

penalty for his See also:

• INDEPENDENCE
• INDEPENDENCE, DECLARATION OF
• INDEPENDENCE, WAR OF

independence was a See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long delay before attaining the rank of general . In x8o6 he married a daughter of General Baraguay d'Hilliers . In the following year he was sent to See also:

• CONSTANTINOPLE
• CONSTANTINOPLE, COUNCILS OF

Constantinople, and there took See also:

• PART

part in the See also:

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

defence of the See also:

• DARDANELLES (Turk. Bahr-Sefed Boghazi)
• DARDANELLES (Turk. Sultanieh Kalehsi, or Chanak Kalehsi)

Dardanelles against the English See also:

• FLEET

fleet . He was next sent to See also:

• PORTUGAL

Portugal, and thenceforward he served in the See also:

• PENINSULAR

Peninsular See also:

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

War from first to last . Under See also:

• JUNOT, A
• JUNOT, ANDOCHE, DUKE
• JUNOT, LAURE, DUCHESS OF ABRANTES (1783-1834)

Junot he won at last his rank of general of brigade, under See also:

• SOULT, NICOLAS JEAN DE DIEU

Soult he held a command in the pursuit of See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John See also:

• MOORE, A
• MOORE, ALBERT JOSEPH (1841–1893)
• MOORE, EDWARD (1712–1757)
• MOORE, GEORGE (1853– )
• MOORE, GEORGE FOOT (1851– )
• MOORE, HENRY (1831–1895)
• MOORE, JOHN (1729-1802)
• MOORE, SIR JOHN (1761-1809)
• MOORE, THOMAS (1779-1852)

Moore's army, and under Massena he fought in the third invasion of Portugal (181o) . Massena reposed the greatest confidence in Foy, and employed him after Busaco in a See also:

• MISSION

mission to the See also:

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

emperor . Napoleon now made Foy's acquaintance for the first time, and was so far impressed with his merits as to make him a general of See also:

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

division at once . The part played by General Foy at the battle of See also:

• SALAMANCA
• SALAMANCA (anc. Salmantica or Elmantica)

Salamanca won him new laurels, but above all he distinguished himself when the disaster of See also:

• VITTORIA

Vittoria had broken the spirit of the army . Foy See also:

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

rose to the occasion; his resistance in the See also:

• PYRENEES [Span. Pirineos, Fr. Pyrenees]

Pyrenees was steady and successful, and only a See also:

• WOUND (O. Eng. wund,connected with a Teutonic verb, meaning to strive, fight, suffer, seen in O. Eng. winnan, whence Eng. " win ")

wound (at first thought mortal) which he received at See also:

• ORTHEZ

Orthez prevented him from keeping the See also:

• FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
• FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
• FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
• FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
• FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
• FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
• FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
• FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
• FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
• FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
• FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)

field to the last .

At the first restoration of the Bourbons he received the See also:

• GRAND

grand See also:

• CROSS

cross 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 command, and on the return of Napoleon from See also:

• ELBA (Gr. AiWaXla; Lat. Ilva)

Elba he declined to join him until 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 had fled from the 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 . He held a divisional command in the See also:

• WATERLOO

Waterloo campaign, and at Waterloo was again severely wounded at the See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head of his division (see WATERLOO CAMPAIGN) . After the second restoration he returned to See also:

• CIVIL

civil See also:

• LIFE

life, devoting his energies for a time to his projected history of the Peninsular War, and in 1819 was elected to the chamber of deputies . For this position his experience and his studies had especially fitted him, and by his first speech he gained a commanding See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place in the chamber, which he never lost, his clear, manly eloquence being always employed on the See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side of the liberal principles of 1789 . In 1823 he made a powerful protest against French intervention in See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain, and after the See also:

• DISSOLUTION (from Lat. dissolvere, to break up into parts)

dissolution of 1824 he was re-elected for three constituencies . He died at Paris on the 28th of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1825, and his funeral was attended, it is said, by xoo,000 persons . His early See also:

• DEATH

death was regarded by all as a See also:

• NATIONAL

national calamity . His See also:

• FAMILY

family was provided for by a general subscription . The Histoire de la guerre de la See also:

• PENINSULA
• PENINSULA (Lat. paeninsula, from paene, almost, and insula, an island)

Peninsula sous Napoleon was published from his notes in 1827, and a collection of his speeches (with memoir by See also:

• TISSOT, JAMES JOSEPH JACQUES (1836-1902)
• TISSOT, PIERRE FRANCOIS (1768–1854)

Tissot) appeared in 1826 soon after his death . See Cuisin, See also:

• VIE

Vie militaire, politique, &c., du general Foy; Vidal, Vie militaire et politique du general Foy .