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99th Infantry Regiment (France, 1757–1803)
{{no footnotes, date=October 2017 The 99th Infantry Regiment (French - ''99e régiment d'infanterie'' or ''99e RI'') was an infantry regiment of the French Army. It was formed in 1791 by renaming the Royal Deux-Ponts Regiment and fought in the French Revolutionary Wars before being merged into another unit in 1803. A new and unrelated 99th Infantry Regiment was formed in 1855 and took on the traditions of the previous regiment. History On 1 January 1791 the National Constituent Assembly decided to remove the Royal Deux-Ponts Regiment's royal affiliation and rename it the 99th Line Infantry Regiment. On 21 July that year it lost its original status as a foreign-raised regiment and was fully integrated into the French army. It helped pursue the fleeing Prussians at Valmy and at Jemmapes in 1792 and in the battles of Blaton, Neerwinden and Kaiserslautern in 1793. In 1793 it also became the 99th Battle Demi-Brigade, formed of the 1st Battalion of the 50th Line Infantry Regiment and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Deux-Ponts Regiment
The Royal Deux-Ponts Regiment (german: Deutsches Königlich-Französisches Infanteries Regiment Zweibrücken, or Royal German Regiment Zweibrücken) was a military unit which served France, raised in the Pfalz-Zweibrücken (french: Deux-Ponts). Christian IV, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken, raised and contracted the regiment to Louis XV of France in a 1751 subsidy treaty. The Regiment served France in the Seven Years' War and the American Revolutionary War. At the latter, it was commanded by the son of Christian IV, Christian of the Palatinate-Zweibrücken, who was with the regiment at the Siege of Yorktown. France annexed Zweibrücken in 1797, and the Regiment was incorporated into the French Revolutionary Army The French Revolutionary Army (french: Armée révolutionnaire française) was the French land force that fought the French Revolutionary Wars from 1792 to 1804. These armies were characterised by their revolutionary fervour, their poor equipme ... and designat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siege Of Mainz (1796)
The Battle of Mainz (29 October 1795) saw a Habsburg army led by François Sebastien Charles Joseph de Croix, Count of Clerfayt launch a surprise assault against four divisions of the French ''Army of Rhin-et-Moselle'' directed by François Ignace Schaal. The right-hand French division fled the battlefield, compelling the other three divisions to retreat with the loss of their siege artillery and many casualties. The War of the First Coalition action was fought near the city of Mainz in the today state of Rhineland-Palatinate in Germany. French troops had ineffectively besieged the western side of Mainz Fortress since December 1794. However, in early September 1795 the ''Army of Sambre-et-Meuse'' crossed the lower Rhine River and advanced south to the Main River. For the first time Mainz was besieged on the east side of the river, but this state of affairs did not last very long. In the Battle of Höchst, Clerfayt outmaneuvered Jourdan, forcing his army to retire to the west b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georges Mouton
Georges Mouton, Count, comte de Lobau (21 February 1770 – 27 November 1838) was a French soldier and political figure who rose to the rank of Marshal of France. Biography Born in Phalsbourg, Lorraine (région), Lorraine, he enlisted in the French Revolutionary Army in 1792. Serving in the early campaigns of the French Revolutionary Wars, he by 1800 he was promoted to the rank of colonel. He was promoted to ''Brigadier General, général de brigade'' in 1805, after the establishment of the First French Empire, French Empire, and to ''Général, général de division'' in 1807. Mouton distinguished himself in the battles of Battle of Jena, Jena, Battle of Landshut (1809), Landshut and Battle of Aspern, Aspern-Essling. In 1810, he was created count of Lobau in recognition of his role in the battle of Aspern. During the Napoleon's Invasion of Russia, Russian Campaign, he acted as a senior ''aide-de-camp'' to Emperor Napoleon I of France. He then served with distinction during t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre Joseph Petit
Pierre is a masculine given name. It is a French form of the name Peter. Pierre originally meant "rock" or "stone" in French (derived from the Greek word πέτρος (''petros'') meaning "stone, rock", via Latin "petra"). It is a translation of Aramaic כיפא (''Kefa),'' the nickname Jesus gave to apostle Simon Bar-Jona, referred in English as Saint Peter. Pierre is also found as a surname. People with the given name * Abbé Pierre, Henri Marie Joseph Grouès (1912–2007), French Catholic priest who founded the Emmaus Movement * Monsieur Pierre, Pierre Jean Philippe Zurcher-Margolle (c. 1890–1963), French ballroom dancer and dance teacher * Pierre (footballer), Lucas Pierre Santos Oliveira (born 1982), Brazilian footballer * Pierre, Baron of Beauvau (c. 1380–1453) * Pierre, Duke of Penthièvre (1845–1919) * Pierre, marquis de Fayet (died 1737), French naval commander and Governor General of Saint-Domingue * Prince Pierre, Duke of Valentinois (1895–1964), father o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Élie Lafont
Élie is the French equivalent of " Elie", "Elias" or "Elijah."''The Complete Baby Name Book'' 1989 Page 92 "It was revived in the seventeenth century by the Puritans, and it's still used, especially by religious Protestant families. Famous name: Elie Wiesel (novelist) Variations: Elia (Italian), Elias (English), Élie (French), ..." French masculine given name * Élie Vinet (1509–1587) French Renaissance humanist * Élie Diodati (1576–1661) Swiss French jurist * Élie Benoist (1640–1728) French Protestant minister and historian of the Edict of Nantes * Élie Bouhéreau (1643–1719) French Huguenot refugee in Ireland and the first librarian of Marsh's Library * Élie, duc Decazes (1780–1860) * Élie Bertrand (1713–1797) Swiss French geologist * Élie Catherine Fréron (1719–1776) French (male) writer and controversialist * Élie Lacoste (1745–1806) French politician during the French Revolution * Élie Halévy (Chalfan) (1760–1826) French Hebrew poet and author * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean François Leval
Jean François Leval (18 April 1762 – 7 August 1834) was promoted to general officer during the French Revolutionary Wars and led a division in a number of battles during the Napoleonic Wars. He rapidly rose in rank during the French Revolution. Appointed to command a demi-brigade beginning early in 1793, by the end of the year he was a general of brigade. He led a brigade at Fleurus in 1794 and in the campaign of 1795. In 1799 he became a general of division. He commanded a division in Napoleon Bonaparte's Grand Army at the battles of Jena and Eylau. Later he transferred to Spain where he fought in numerous actions including Talavera, Ocaña, Barossa, Vitoria, and the Nive. The only action in which he commanded an army was the Siege of Tarifa, which was a failure. In 1814, he led his division in eastern France. His surname is one of the names inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe The following is a list of the 660 names inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe, in Paris. Most o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Christophe Wisch
''Jean-Christophe'' (1904‒1912) is the novel in 10 volumes by Romain Rolland for which he received the Prix Femina in 1905 and the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1915. It was translated into English by Gilbert Cannan. The first four volumes are sometimes grouped as ''Jean-Christophe'', the next three as ''Jean-Christophe à Paris'', and the last three as ''La fin du voyage'' ("Journey's End"). #''L'Aube'' ("Dawn", 1904) #''Le Matin'' ("Morning", 1904) #''L'Adolescent'' ("Youth", 1904) #''La Révolte'' ("Revolt", 1905) #''La Foire sur la place'' ("The Marketplace", 1908) #''Antoinette'' (1908) #''Dans la maison'' ("The House", 1908) #''Les Amies'' ("Love and Friendship", 1910) #''Le Buisson ardent'' ("The Burning Bush", 1911) #''La Nouvelle Journée'' ("The New Dawn", 1912) The English translations appeared between 1911 and 1913. Plot The central character, Jean-Christophe Krafft, is a German musician of Belgian extraction, a composer of genius whose life is depicted from cra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of Pozzolo
The Battle of Pozzolo also known as the Battle of the Mincio River and Monzambano (25–26 December 1800) was fought during the War of the Second Coalition. A French army under General Guillaume Brune crossed the Mincio River and defeated an Austrian force under General Heinrich von Bellegarde. The Austrians were subsequently pushed back to Treviso where the Armistice of Treviso was signed. This truce would lead to the Treaty of Lunéville and the withdrawal of Austria from the war. Background Bellegarde had concentrated 50,000 troops at the Mincio river in anticipation of crossing to attack French forces on the other side. However, he postponed his attack following news of the Austrian defeat at the Battle of Hohenlinden in Germany on 3 December 1800. Taking advantage of this delay, General Brune, who commanded 70,000 men, launched his own attack. He intended to make a decoy assault upon Pozzolo while his main force would cross at Mozambano. Another source credited th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Var Campaign
Var or VAR may refer to: Places * Var (department), a department of France * Var (river), France * Vār, Iran, village in West Azerbaijan Province, Iran * Var, Iran (other), other places in Iran * Vár, a village in Obreja commune, Caraș-Severin County, Romania * Var, a village in Jibou town, Sălaj County, Romania * Var (Olt), a river in Harghita County, Romania * VAR, the IATA airport code for Varna Airport, Bulgaria Mythology, arts and entertainment * Vár, a goddess in Norse mythology * Var or vara, an enclosure built by Jamshid (Yima) in Zoroastrian mythology * Var (poetry), a type of Punjabi poem * ''Vår jul'', a Swedish Christmas album from 2010 * ''Var the Stick'', part of the Battle Circle trilogy by Piers Anthony Science and technology * , a directory on Unix-like computer systems, see Filesystem Hierarchy Standard * , an HTML tag * Vacuum arc remelting (VAR), a process for production of steel and special alloys * Value-added reseller (VAR), an econom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of Mondovi
A battle is an occurrence of combat in warfare between opposing military units of any number or size. A war usually consists of multiple battles. In general, a battle is a military engagement that is well defined in duration, area, and force commitment. An engagement with only limited commitment between the forces and without decisive results is sometimes called a skirmish. The word "battle" can also be used infrequently to refer to an entire operational campaign, although this usage greatly diverges from its conventional or customary meaning. Generally, the word "battle" is used for such campaigns if referring to a protracted combat encounter in which either one or both of the combatants had the same methods, resources, and strategic objectives throughout the encounter. Some prominent examples of this would be the Battle of the Atlantic, Battle of Britain, and Battle of Stalingrad, all in World War II. Wars and military campaigns are guided by military strategy, wherea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of Fossano
A battle is an occurrence of combat in warfare between opposing military units of any number or size. A war usually consists of multiple battles. In general, a battle is a military engagement that is well defined in duration, area, and force commitment. An engagement with only limited commitment between the forces and without decisive results is sometimes called a skirmish. The word "battle" can also be used infrequently to refer to an entire operational campaign, although this usage greatly diverges from its conventional or customary meaning. Generally, the word "battle" is used for such campaigns if referring to a protracted combat encounter in which either one or both of the combatants had the same methods, resources, and strategic objectives throughout the encounter. Some prominent examples of this would be the Battle of the Atlantic, Battle of Britain, and Battle of Stalingrad, all in World War II. Wars and military campaigns are guided by military strategy, whereas bat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
