See also:

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

COUNT 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 See also:

• PIERRE

PIERRE See also:

• COUNT LOUIS PIERRE MONTBRUN (1770-1812)

MONTBRUN (1770-1812)  , See also:

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

French See also:

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

cavalry See also:

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

general, served with See also:

• GREAT

great distinction in the cavalry See also:

• ARM (a common Teutonic word; the Indo-European root is ar, to join or fit; cf. the Lat. armus, shoulder, and the plural word arma, weapons, Gr. apphs, joint, and the reduplicated apapilKSV, to join)

arm throughout the See also:

• WARS

wars of the Revolution and the Consulate, and in 1800 was appointed to command his See also:

• REGIMENT (from Late Latin regimentum, rule, regere, to rule, govern, direct)

regiment, having served therein from trooper upwards . At See also:

• AUSTERLITZ (Czech Slavkov)

Austerlitz (Dec . 2, 18o5) 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 . He earned further distinction in See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany and See also:

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

Poland as a dashing See also:

• LEADER, BENJAMIN WILLIAMS (1831– )

leader of See also:

• HORSE (a word common to Teutonic languages in such forms as hors, hros, ros; cf. the Ger. ross)

horse, and in 18o8 he was sent into See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain . Here occurred an incident which unfavourably influenced his whole career . He found himself obliged to overstay his leave of See also:

• ABSENCE (Lat. absentia)

absence in 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 to protect the See also:

• LADY (0. Eng. hlaefdige, Mid. Eng. ldfdi, lavedi; the first part of the word is hldf, loaf, bread, as in the corresponding hldford, lord; the second part is usually taken to be from the root dig-, to knead, seen also in " dough "; the sense development fr

lady who afterwards became his wife . See also:

• NAPOLEON

Napoleon was furious, and deprived him of his command, and See also:

• MONTBRUN, LOUIS PIERRE, COUNT (1770-1812)

Montbrun was awaiting his 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's' decision when an opportunity came to retrieve his reputation . Some doubt exists as to the events of the famous cavalry See also:

• CHARGE
• CHARGE (through the Fr. from the Late Lat. carricare, to load in a carrus or wagon; cf. " cargo ")

charge at the Somosierra, but Montbrun's See also:

• SHARE (O. Eng. scearu, chiefly in compounds, e.g. land-scearu, a share of land, from sceran to cut; cf. " shear" )

share in it was most conspicuous . Soon after-wards he was promoted to be general of See also:

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

division, and in 18og his cavalry took no inconsiderable See also:

• PART

part in the victories of See also:

• ECKMUHL, or EGGMVRL

Eckmuhl and Raab . He was employed in the See also:

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

Peninsula, r810-1811 . He was killed, when commanding a cavalry 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, at the beginning of the See also:

• BATTLE

battle of See also:

• BORODINO

Borodino (See also:

• SEPT

Sept . 7, 1812) .

Montbrun was considered, as a leader of heavy cavalry, second only to See also:

• KELLERMANN, FRANCOIS CHRISTOPHE DE (1735-1820)

Kellermann of all the generals of the First See also:

• EMPIRE

Empire .