See also:

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

COUNT DOMINIQUE RENE See also:

• COUNT DOMINIQUE RENE VANDAMME (1770-1830)

VANDAMME (1770-1830)  , See also:

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

French soldier, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• CASSEL
• CASSEL, or KASSEL

Cassel, near See also:

• DUNKIRK
• DUNKIRK (Fr. Dunkerque)

Dunkirk, on the 5th of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1770 . He enlisted in the See also:

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

army in 1786, served in See also:

• MARTINIQUE

Martinique in 1788 and on returning to See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France entered into the Revolutionary See also:

• MOVEMENT

movement, raising a See also:

• COMPANY

company of See also:

• LIGHT

light See also:

• INFANTRY

infantry at his native See also:

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

place . His extraordinary bravery and vigour in the See also:

• CAMPAIGN

campaign of 1793 ensured his rapid promotion, and after Hondschoote he was made a See also:

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

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 served in this See also:

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

rank in the See also:

• CAMPAIGNS

campaigns of 1794 in the See also:

• LOW, SETH (1850- )
• LOW, WILL HICOK (1853- )

Low Countries, 1795 on the See also:

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

Rhine and 1796 in See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany, and at the outbreak of the See also:

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

war in 1799 he was promoted general of See also:

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

division . In that See also:

• YEAR

year and in 1800 he served under See also:

• BRUNE, GUILLAUME MARIE ANNE (1763-1815)

Brune, See also:

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

Moreau and 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 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, Germany and See also:

• SWITZERLAND

Switzerland . He was renowned for his tenacity and fearlessness as a fighting general as well as for his See also:

• FRANK, JAKOB (1726-1791)

frank, rough See also:

• MANNERS, CHARLES (1857– )

manners and plundering and dissolute See also:

• LIFE

life, but once he came under See also:

• NAPOLEON

Napoleon's See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence he was (unlike most of the Rhine Army See also:

• OFFICERS

officers) his absolutely devoted servant . In 1805, for his splendid leadership at See also:

• AUSTERLITZ (Czech Slavkov)

Austerlitz, he was given the See also:

• GRAND

Grand See also:

• EAGLE (Fr. aigle, from the Lat. aquila)

Eagle 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 in 18o6–7 he commanded a small 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 of the Grande Armee which reduced the Silesian fortresses . In 18o8 he was made See also:

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

count of Unebourg . In 1809 he served in the See also:

• ECKMUHL, or EGGMVRL

Eckmuhl campaign with distinction, but in 1812, while commanding the Westphalian contingent he quarrelled with 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:

• JEROME, JEROME KLAPKA (1859– )
• JEROME, ST (HIERONYMUS, in full EUSEBIUS SOPHRONIUS HIERONYMUS) (c. 340–420)

Jerome See also:

• BONAPARTE

Bonaparte and returned to France . He returned to the army in 1813 . But his corps, sent against the See also:

• LINE

line of See also:

• RETREAT (O. Fr. retrete, mod. retraite, from Lat. retrahere, to draw back)

retreat of the See also:

• ALLIES, THOMAS WILLIAM (1813-1903)

Allies 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 the See also:

• BATTLE

battle of See also:

• DRESDEN

Dresden, was entangled in the mountains, surrounded and after a fierce resistance compelled to surrender at See also:

• KULM (Cu1,M)

Kulm (see See also:

• NAPOLEONIC

NAPOLEONIC CAMPAIGNS) . In his captivity he appears to have been treated with especial harshness, and when the end of the war released him he was forbidden to enter 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, and sent to Cassel 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 .

He was thus See also:

• FREE

free of all obligations towards the Bourbons, and when Napoleon returned, joined him without hesitation . The See also:

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

emperor made him a peer of France and placed him 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 the III. corps in the Army of the See also:

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

North (see See also:

• WATERLOO

WATERLOO CAMPAIGN) . After Waterloo, under See also:

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

Grouchy's command, he brought back his corps in See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good 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 Paris and thence to the See also:

• LOIRE

Loire . The Restoration first imprisoned and then exiled him, and unlike most of his comrades he was never re-employed as a general . He died at Cassel on the 15th of See also:

• JULY

July 1830 . See Du Casse, Le General See also:

• VANDAMME, DOMINIQUE RENE, COUNT (1770-1830)

Vandamme et sa correspondance .