See also:

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

BARON DE See also:

• JEAN

JEAN See also:

• BAPTISTE

BAPTISTE See also:

• ANTOINE, ANDRE (1858- )

ANTOINE MARCELIN See also:

• BARON DE JEAN BAPTISTE ANTOINE MARCELIN MARBOT (1782-18J4)

MARBOT (1782-18J4)  , See also:

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

French soldier, son of See also:

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

General See also:

• JEAN

Jean See also:

• ANTOINE, ANDRE (1858- )

Antoine de See also:

• MARBOT, JEAN BAPTISTE ANTOINE MARCELIN, BARON DE (1782-18J4)

Marbot (1954-1800), who died in the See also:

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

defence of See also:

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

Genoa under See also:

• MASSENA, ANDRE, or ANDREA

Massena, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at La See also:

• RIVIERE, BRITON (1840- )

Riviere (See also:

• CORREZE

Correze), on the 18th of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1782 . He joined the republican See also:

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

army as a volunteer in 1799, See also:

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

rose rapidly to commissioned See also:

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

rank, and was aide-de-See also:

• CAMP (from Lat. campus, field)

camp to See also:

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

Marshal See also:

• AUGEREAU, PIERRE FRANCOIS CHARLES

Augereau, commanding the VII. 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, in the See also:

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

war against See also:

• PRUSSIA
• PRUSSIA (Ger. Preussen; Lat. Borussia)

Prussia and See also:

• RUSSIA
• RUSSIA (Rossiya)

Russia in 1806-7 . After this he served with See also:

• GREAT

great distinction in the See also:

• PENINSULAR

Peninsular War under See also:

• LANNES, JEAN

Lannes and Massena, and showed himself to be a dashing See also:

• LEADER, BENJAMIN WILLIAMS (1831– )

leader of See also:

• LIGHT

light See also:

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

cavalry in the See also:

• RUSSIAN

Russian War of 1812 and the See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German See also:

• CAMPAIGN

campaign of the following See also:

• YEAR

year . After a slow recovery from the wounds he had received at See also:

• LEIPZIG

Leipzig and See also:

• HANAU

Hanau, he was promoted 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 by See also:

• NAPOLEON

Napoleon during the See also:

• HUNDRED

Hundred Days, and took See also:

• PART

part in, and was wounded at, the See also:

• BATTLE

battle of See also:

• WATERLOO

Waterloo . He was exiled at the second restoration and only returned to See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France in 1819, after which, however, his intimacy with the See also:

• DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

duke of See also:

• ORLEANS
• ORLEANS, CHARLES, DUKE OF (1391-1465)
• ORLEANS, DUKES OF
• ORLEANS, FERDINAND PHILIP LOUIS CHARLES HENRY, DUKE OF (1810-1842)
• ORLEANS, HENRI, PRINCE
• ORLEANS, HENRIETTA, DUCHESS
• ORLEANS, JEAN BAPTISTE GASTON, DUKE
• ORLEANS, LOUIS
• ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE JOSEPH
• ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ROBERT, DUKE
• ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE, DUKE OF (1725–1785)
• ORLEANS, LOUIS, DUKE OF (1372–1407)
• ORLEANS, PHILIP I
• ORLEANS, PHILIP II

Orleans secured him important military positions . After the See also:

• JULY

July restoration he was made marechal-de-camp, and in this rank 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:

• ANTWERP
• ANTWERP (Fr. Anvers)

Antwerp in 1832 . He was promoted See also:

• LIEUTENANT

lieutenant-general in 1836 . From 1835 to 184o he served in various Algerian expeditions, and in 1845 he was made a member of the Chamber of Peers . Three years later, at the fall 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 Philippe, he retired into private See also:

• LIFE

life . He died at 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 on the 16th of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1854 . Marbot wrote two See also:

• PAMPHLETS

pamphlets, Remarques critiques sur l'ouvrage de M. le general Roguet, intitule Considerations sur l'See also:

• ART

art de la guerre (182o), and La Necessite d'augmenter See also:

• LES

les forces militaires de la France (1825), but his fame rests chiefly, if not indeed wholly, on the fascinating See also:

• MEMOIRS

Memoirs of his Life and See also:

• CAMPAIGNS

Campaigns which were published in Paris in 1891 (Eng. trans., 1902) . To See also:

• ORDINARY (med. Lat. ordinarius, Fr. ordinaire)

ordinary readers and to students of See also:

• HISTORY

history alike these give a picture of the See also:

• NAPOLEONIC

Napoleonic See also:

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

age of warfare which for vividness and romantic See also:

• INTEREST

interest has never been surpassed .

His See also:

• ELDER (0. Eng. ellarn; Ger. Holunder; Fr. sureau)
• ELDER (Gr. 1rpev(3iTepos)

elder See also:

• BROTHER

brother, ANTOINE ADOLPHE MARCELIN DE MARBOT (1781-1844), was born at La Riviere, on the 22nd 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 1781, entered the army at an See also:

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

early age, obtained commissioned rank in the revolutionary See also:

• WARS

wars and became aide-de-camp to Bernadotte . In 1802 he was arrested on the ground of being concerned in a See also:

• PLOT
• PLOT, ROBERT (164o-1696)

plot of the Republicans against the Consulate, but he was released, though Napoleon continued to regard him as an opponent of the established regime . After a See also:

• TERM

term of See also:

• DUTY (from " due," that which is owing, O. Fr. deu, dil, past participle of devoir; Lat. debere, debitum; cf. " debt ")

duty with the army in Santo Domingo he participated in the campaigns of 1806-7, and from 1808 to 1811 he was employed in the Peninsular War . In the Russian War of 1812 he was wounded and made prisoner . At the end of two years of captivity he returned to France at the general See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace, was aide-de-camp to Marshal See also:

• DAVOUT, LOUIS NICOLAS

Davout during the Hundred Days, and thereafter passed into retirement, from which he did not emerge till 183o . He attainedthe rank of marechal-de-camp under Louis Philippe, and died at Bra, near See also:

• TULLE

Tulle, on the 2nd of See also:

• JUNE

June 1844 .