Auguste Hilarion Touret
Auguste Hilarion Touret (Sarreguemines, 1797 – Piraeus, 1858) was a French Philhellenes, philhellene officer and a participant in the Greek Revolution. In addition to the direct contribution to the war of liberation of Greece, historiography owes him a detailed list of Western Philhellenes, who participated in the war. Modern British historian William St Clair, in his work on Philhellenes, uses lists Touret, who is mentioned by him as Thouret. Biography Auguste Touret was born in 1797 in the city of Sarreguemines in the family of officer Hilarion Touret. He served in French army until 1825, when he followed other French philhellenes in Greece. Upon arrival and in the rank of major, he was appointed by Charles Nicolas Fabvier to the staff of the first regular regiment of Greek army.Τριαντάφυλος Α. Γεροζήσης, Το Σώμα των αξιωματικών και η θέση του στη σύγχρονη Ελληνική κοινωνία (1821–1975), ε ...
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