See also:

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

COUNT See also:

• ETIENNE, CHARLES GUILLAUME (1778-1845)

ETIENNE See also:

• MAURICE (1521–1553)
• MAURICE (MAURICIUS FLAVIUS TIBERIUS) (c. 539–602)
• MAURICE [or MAURITIUS], ST (d. c. 286)
• MAURICE, JOHN FREDERICK DENISON (1805-1872)

MAURICE See also:

• GERARD (c. 1040-1120)
• GERARD (d. I1o8)
• COUNT ETIENNE MAURICE GERARD (1773–1852)
• GERARD, FRANCOIS, BARON (1770-1837)
• GERARD, JEAN IGNACE ISIDORE (1803-1847)
• GERARD, JOHN (1545-1612)
• GERARD, or GIRARD, AUDRAN

GERARD (1773–1852)  , 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 Damvilliers (See also:

• MEUSE
• MEUSE (Flem. Maes, Du. Maas)

Meuse), on the 4th of See also:

• APRIL

April 1773 . He joined a See also:

• BATTALION

battalion of See also:

• VOLUNTEERS

volunteers in 1791, and served in the See also:

• CAMPAIGNS

campaigns of 1792–1793 under Generals See also:

• DUMOURIEZ, CHARLES FRANCOIS (1739—1823)

Dumouriez and See also:

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

Jourdan . In 1795 he accompanied Bernadotte as aide-de-See also:

• CAMP (from Lat. campus, field)

camp . In 1799 he was promoted chef d'escadron, and in 1800 See also:

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

colonel . He distinguished himself at the battles of See also:

• AUSTERLITZ (Czech Slavkov)

Austerlitz and See also:

• JENA

Jena, and was made general of 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 See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 18o6, and for his conduct in the See also:

• BATTLE

battle of See also:

• WAGRAM (DEUTSCH-WAGRAM)

Wagram he was created a See also:

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

baron . In the See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish See also:

• CAMPAIGN

campaign of 18ro and 1811 he gained See also:

• SPECIAL

special distinction at the battle of Fuentes d'Onor; and in the expedition to See also:

• RUSSIA
• RUSSIA (Rossiya)

Russia he was See also:

• PRESENT

present at See also:

• SMOLENSK

Smolensk and Valutina, and displayed such bravery and ability in the battle of See also:

• BORODINO

Borodino that he was made general .of See also:

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

division . Ile won further distinction in the disastrous 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 . In the campaign of 1813, in command of a division, he took See also:

• PART

part in the battles of Liitzen and See also:

• BAUTZEN (Wendish Budissin, " town ")

Bautzen and the operations of See also:

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

Marshal See also:

• MACDONALD, FLORA (1722—1790)
• MACDONALD, GEORGE (1824-1905)
• MACDONALD, JACQUES ETIENNE JOSEPH
• MACDONALD, JOHN SANDFIELD (1812-1872)
• MACDONALD, LAWRENCE (1799-1878)
• MACDONALD, SIR HECTOR ARCHIBALD (1852-1903)
• MACDONALD, SIR JOHN ALEXANDER (1815-1891)

Macdonald, and at the battle of See also:

• LEIPZIG

Leipzig (in which he commanded the XI. 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) he was dangerously wounded . After the battle of Bautzen he was created by See also:

• NAPOLEON

Napoleon a See also:

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

count of the See also:

• EMPIRE

empire . In the campaign of See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France of 1814, and especially at La Rothiere and See also:

• MONTEREAU

Montereau, he won still greater distinction . After the first restoration he was named by 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 XVIII. 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 See also:

• CHEVALIER, ALBERT (1861– )
• CHEVALIER, MICHEL (1806-1879)
• CHEVALIER, ULYSSE (1841– )

chevalier of St Louis . In the See also:

• HUNDRED

Hundred Days Napoleon made See also:

• GERARD (c. 1040-1120)
• GERARD (d. I1o8)
• GERARD, ETIENNE MAURICE, COUNT (1773–1852)
• GERARD, FRANCOIS, BARON (1770-1837)
• GERARD, JEAN IGNACE ISIDORE (1803-1847)
• GERARD, JOHN (1545-1612)
• GERARD, or GIRARD, AUDRAN

Gerard a peer of France and placed him in command of the IV. corps of the See also:

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

Army of the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North .

In this capacity Gerard took a brilliant part in the battle of Ligny (see See also:

• WATERLOO

WATERLOO CAMPAIGN), and on the See also:

• MORNING

morning of the 18th of See also:

• JUNE

June he was foremost in advising Marshal See also:

• GROUCHY, EMMANUEL, MARQUIS DE (1766-1847)

Grouchy 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 See also:

• SOUND
• SOUND, THE (Danish Oresund)

sound of the guns . Gerard retired to See also:

• BRUSSELS (Fr. Bruxelles, Flem. Brussel)

Brussels after the fall of Napoleon, and did not return to France till 1817 . He sat as a member of the chamber of deputies in 1822–1824, and was re-elected in 1827 . He took part in the revolution of 183o, after which he was appointed See also:

• MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

minister of See also:

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

war and named a marshal of France . On See also:

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

account of his See also:

• HEALTH

health he resigned the 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 of war minister in the See also:

• OCTOBER

October following, but in 1831 he took the command of the See also:

• NORTHERN

northern army, and was successful in thirteen days in See also:

• DRIVING (from " to drive," i.e. generally to propel, force along or in, a word common in various forms to the Teutonic languages)

driving the army of 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 out of See also:

• BELGIUM
• BELGIUM (Fr. Belgique; Flem. Belgic)

Belgium . In 1832 he commanded the besieging army in the famous scientific See also:

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

siege of the citadel of See also:

• ANTWERP
• ANTWERP (Fr. Anvers)

Antwerp . He was again chosen war minister in See also:

• JULY

July 1834, but resigned in the October following . In 1836 he was named grand See also:

• CHANCELLOR (M. Eng. and Anglo-Fr. canceler, chanceler, Fr. chancelier, Lat. cancellarius)

chancellor of the Legion of Honour in See also:

• SUCCESSION (Lat. successio, from succedere, to follow after)

succession to Marshal See also:

• MORTIER, EDOUARD ADOLPHE CASIMIR JOSEPH, DUKE OF TREVISO (1768-1835)

Mortier, and in 1838 See also:

• COMMANDER

commander of the See also:

• NATIONAL

National See also:

• GUARDS, AND HOUSEHOLD TROOPS

Guards of the See also:

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

Seine, an office which he held till 1842 . He became a senator under the empire in 1852, and died on the 17th of April in the same See also:

• YEAR

year .