See also:

• BARON
• BARON (1835-1895)
• BARON, MICHEL (1653—1729)

BARON See also:

• JEAN

JEAN See also:

• BAPTISTE

BAPTISTE See also:

• BARON JEAN BAPTISTE FRANCESCHI (1766-1813)
• FRANCESCHI, PIERO (or PIETRO)

FRANCESCHI (1766-1813)  , 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:

• BASTIA

Bastia on the 5th of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1766 and entered the French service in 1793 . He took See also:

• PART

part in the operations in See also:

• CORSICA (Fr. Corse)

Corsica in the following See also:

• YEAR

year, and received 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 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:

• SAN

San Fiorenzo . After this he See also:

• LEFT

left the See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island and was appointed a 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 officer in the French See also:

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

Army of See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy, with which he served from 1795 to 1799 . He served as a general officer in the See also:

• CAMPAIGN

campaign of See also:

• MARENGO

Marengo, in the See also:

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

Naples campaign of 1805-1806., and 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 1807 to 1809 . He was created a See also:

• BARON
• BARON (1835-1895)
• BARON, MICHEL (1653—1729)

baron by See also:

• NAPOLEON

Napoleon . He commanded a Neapolitan 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 See also:

• RUSSIAN

Russian War of 1812, and after 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 took See also:

• REFUGE

refuge, with the remnant of his command, in See also:

• DANZIG, or DANTSIC (Polish Gdansk)

Danzig, where in the course of the siege of 1813 he died on the 19th of 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 . Two other generals of brigade in Napoleon's See also:

• WARS

wars See also:

• BORE

bore the name of See also:

• FRANCESCHI, JEAN BAPTISTE, BARON (1766-1813)
• FRANCESCHI, PIERO (or PIETRO)

Franceschi, and the three have often been mistaken for each other . The first was born at See also:

• LYONS
• LYONS (Fr. Lyon)
• LYONS, COUNCILS OF
• LYONS, EDMUND LYONS, BARON (1790-1858)
• LYONS, RICHARD BICKERTON PEMELL LYONS, 1ST EARL (1817–1887)

Lyons, See also:

• JEAN

JEAN See also:

• BAPTISTE

BAPTISTE See also:

• MARIE

MARIE FRANCESCIII-DELONNE (1767-1810), who served throughout the Revolutionary campaign on the See also:

• RHINE (Lat. Rhenus, Ger. Rhein, Fr. Rhin, Dutch Rhyn, or Rijn)

Rhine, took part in the campaign of See also:

• ZURICH
• ZURICH (Fr. Zurich; Ital. Zurigo)

Zurich in 1799, and distinguished himself very greatly by 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 from, and subsequent return to, See also:

• GENOA (anc. Genua, Ital. Genova, Fr. GPnes)

Genoa, when in 1800 See also:

• MASSENA, ANDRE, or ANDREA

Massena was closely besieged in that See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city . He became a See also:

• CAVALRY (Fr. cavalerie, Ger. Kavallerie or Reiterei, derived ultimately from late Lat. caballus, horse)

cavalry See also:

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

colonel in 1803, was promoted general of brigade on the field of See also:

• AUSTERLITZ (Czech Slavkov)

Austerlitz, and served in See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern Italy and in See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain 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 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 See also:

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

Joseph See also:

• BONAPARTE

Bonaparte . During the Peninsular War he won See also:

• GREAT

great distinction as a cavalry general, and in 1810 Napoleon made him a baron . At this 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 he was a prisoner in the hands of the Spaniards, into whose hands he had fallen while bearing important despatches during the campaign of Talavera . He was harshly treated by his captors, and died at Carthagena on the 23rd of See also:

• OCTOBER

October 181o .

The second, was See also:

• FRANCOIS (1558-1614)

FRANCOIS FRANCESCHI-LOSIO (1770-1810), born at See also:

• MILAN
• MILAN (Ital. Milano, Ger. Mailand, anc. Mediolanum, q.v.)

Milan, who entered the French Revolutionary army in 1795, He served through the See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian campaign of 1796-97, and subsequently, like Franceschi-Delonne, with Massena at Zurich and at Genoa, and at the headquarters of King Joseph in Italy and Spain . He was killed in a See also:

• DUEL (Ital. duello, Lat. duellum—old form of bellum-from duo, two)

duel by the Neapolitan colonel See also:

• FILANGIERI, CARLO (1784–1867)
• FILANGIERI, GAETANO (1752—1788)

Filangieri in 1810 .