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Jacob Job Élie
Jacob Job Élie (26 November 1746 – 5 February 1825), or Jacques Job Élie was a French general of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Along with Pierre-Augustin Hulin, he took part in and led the storming of the Bastille. Early life Élie was born in Wissembourg on 26 November 1746 to Mathias Élie, an officer in the regiment d'Alsace, and Marie Françoise Schaffhauser. He had a younger brother named François who was born on 13 July 1748 and later became a captain. Before officially beginning his career, he served in the same regiment as his father. He later fondly recalled his childhood "amidst the troops", and cited Chevert as a source of inspiration to pursue a military career. Career Élie entered into service on 2 December 1766, joining what was then known as the régiment d’Aquitaine. He participated in the Corsican campaign of 1769, during which he sustained a right knee injury while building a fascine bridge under the orders of General de Vaux. He was als ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wissembourg
Wissembourg (; South Franconian: ''Weisseburch'' ; German: ''Weißenburg'' ) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in northeastern France. Wissembourg was a sub-prefecture of the department until 2015. The name ''Wissembourg'' is a Gallicized version of ''Weißenburg (Weissenburg)'' in German meaning "white castle". The Latin place-name, sometimes used in ecclesiastical sources, is ''Sebusium''. The town was annexed by France after 1648 but then incorporated into Germany in 1871. It was returned to France in 1919, but reincorporated back into Germany in 1940. After 1944 it again became French. Geography Wissembourg is situated on the little river Lauter close to the border between France and Germany approximately north of Strasbourg and west of Karlsruhe. The Wissembourg station offers rail connections to Strasbourg, Haguenau and Landau (Germany). History Weissenburg (later Wissembourg) Abbey, the Benedictine abbey around which the town has grown, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
François De Chevert
François de Chevert (2 February 1695 – 24 January 1769) was a French general. Chevert was born in Verdun, Meuse (department), Meuse. He entered service in 1706, became major in Beauce's regiment in Toul in 1728, later in 1739 lieutenant-colonel. He distinguished himself in Flanders, Piedmont and Germany and was rewarded by a more important command, as lieutenant-colonel of a grenadier regiment. As part of the French force, he and his grenadiers effected the bloodless Battle of Prague (1741), capture of Prague in 1741 during the War of the Austrian Succession. At the end of the Austrian Siege of Prague (1742), Siege of Prague the following year he defended the city for eighteen days with only 1,800 men not sick or wounded, surrendering on honourable terms on 26 December. Promoted to brigadier, he took part in the operations in the Dauphiné and Italy, most famously in the Battle of Casteldelfino, and became maréchal-de-camp in 1744. During the campaign in the Provence, he seiz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Nicolas Houchard
Jean Nicolas Houchard (24 January 1739 – 17 November 1793) was a French General of the French Revolution and the French Revolutionary Wars. Early life Jean Nicolas Houchard was born on 24 January 1739 in Forbach, Lorraine. Houchard began his military career at the age of sixteen when he joined the French Royal Army's Royal German Cavalry Regiment. He became a captain in the Bourbon Dragoon Regiment and took part in the French conquest of Corsica, where Houchard was wounded while fighting against Corsican forces under Pasquale Paoli at the Battle of Ponte Novu, receiving a deep sabre cut across his cheek and a gunshot wound to his mouth which left him disfigured for the rest of his life. Houchard was a fervent supporter of the French Revolution. Phipps describes Houchard as "Brave & stupid... Tall, brave, a proved 'patriot'". In 1792, he was colonel of a regiment of Chasseurs-à-cheval in the army of General Custine. On 11 April 1793 Houchard was appointed as Commande ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Army Of The Moselle
The Army of the Moselle (''Armée de la Moselle'') was a French Revolutionary Army from 1791 through 1795. It was first known as the '' Army of the Centre'' and it fought at Valmy. In October 1792 it was renamed and subsequently fought at Trier, First Arlon, Biesingen, Kaiserslautern, Froeschwiller and Second Wissembourg. In the spring of 1794 the left wing was detached and fought at Second Arlon, Lambusart and Fleurus before being absorbed by the '' Army of Sambre-et-Meuse''. In late 1794, the army captured Trier and initiated the Siege of Luxembourg. During the siege, the army was discontinued and its divisions were assigned to other armies. History Originally known as the '' Army of the Centre'', it was renamed by decree of the National Convention on 1 October 1792 and kept under that name in the decrees of 1 March and 30 April 1793. By the decree of 29 June 1794 its left wing joined with the '' Army of the Ardennes'' and the right wing of the ''Army of the North'' to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Guard (France)
The National Guard () is a French military, gendarmerie, and police reserve force, active in its current form since 2016 but originally founded in 1789 during the French Revolution. It was founded as separate from the French Army and existed both for policing and as a military reserve. However, in its original stages from 1792 to 1795, the National Guard was perceived as revolutionary and the lower ranks were identified with sans-culottes. It experienced a period of official dissolution from 1827 to 1830 but was reestablished. Soon after the Franco-Prussian War of 1870–71, the National Guard in Paris again became viewed as dangerously revolutionary, which contributed to its dissolution in 1871. In 2016, France announced the reestablishment of the National Guard for the second time, in response to a series of terrorist attacks in the country. Creation The raising of a "Bourgeois Guard" (''"garde bourgeoise"'') for Paris was discussed by the National Assembly on 11 Jul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Henri Hector, Count Of Estaing
Jean Baptiste Charles Henri Hector, Count of Estaing (24 November 1729 – 28 April 1794) was a French military officer and writer. He began his service as a soldier in the War of the Austrian Succession, briefly spending time as a prisoner of war of the British during the Seven Years' War. Naval exploits during the latter war prompted him to change branches of service, and he transferred to the French Navy. Following France's entry into the American War of Independence in 1778, d'Estaing led a fleet to aid the American rebels. He participated in a failed Franco-American Battle of Rhode Island, siege of Newport, Rhode Island, in 1778, and the equally unsuccessful 1779 Siege of Savannah. He did have success in the Caribbean before returning to France in 1780. His difficulties working with American counterparts are cited among the reasons these operations in North America failed. Although d'Estaing sympathized with revolutionaries during the French Revolution, he held a personal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis Charles Du Chaffault De Besné
Louis Charles du Chaffault de Besné (Montaigu, Vendée, Montaigu, 29 February 1708 – Nantes, 29 June 1794) was a French Navy officer. He notably took part in the Second Battle of Cape Finisterre (1747), Second Battle of Cape Finisterre in 1747, and was one of the commanders at the Battle of Ushant (1778), Battle of Ushant on 27 July 1778. He also lead the Larache expedition Biography Duchaffault joined the Navy as a Garde-Marine in November 1725. In 1727, he served on the 70-gun French ship Achille (1705), ''Achille'', off Spain. The year after, he took part in the Bombardment of Tripoli (1728), Bombardment of Tripoli by Étienne Nicolas de Grandpré, Grandpré, serving on the 30-gun frigate French frigate Astrée (1728), ''Astrée''. Duchaffault was promoted to Ensign in 1733. He was appointed to positions ashore in Brest, before returning to French frigate Astrée (1728), ''Astrée'' in 1737, fighting the Salé Rovers. In 1739, he served on the 16-gun French frigate Mé ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Topaze
Four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS ''Topaze'', after the French word for the gemstone Topaz: * , a 38-gun fifth rate, previously the . She was handed over to the British in 1793 by French royalists, and was sold in 1814. * HMS ''Topaze'' (1814), a 38-gun fifth rate, previously the French frigate ''Étoile''. She was captured by ''Hebrus'' in 1814 and became a receiving ship in 1823. She was used as a target from 1850 and broken up in 1851. * , a wood screw frigate launched in 1858 and sold in 1884. * , a launched in 1903, and sold in 1921. There was also a naval trawler named . She was formerly the trawler ''Melbourne'' launched in 1935, and used for anti-submarine training during the Second World War World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ..., be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bizerte
Bizerte (, ) is the capital and largest city of Bizerte Governorate in northern Tunisia. It is the List of northernmost items, northernmost city in Africa, located north of the capital Tunis. It is also known as the last town to remain under French Tunisia, French control after the rest of the country won its independence from France. The city had 162,053 inhabitants in 2014. Names The classical name of Bizerte, Hippo, is the latinization of names, latinization of a Punic language, PunicPerseus Digital Library Perseus.tufts.edu name (, ), probably related to the word ''ûbôn'', meaning "harbor". To distinguish it from Hippo Regius (the modern Annaba, in Algeria), the Greeks and Romans used several epithets. Scylax of Caryanda mentions it as and ("Hippo the City").< ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sousse
Sousse, Sūsah , or Soussa (, ), is a city in Tunisia, capital of the Sousse Governorate. Located south of the capital Tunis, the city has 271,428 inhabitants (2014). Sousse is in the central-east of the country, on the Gulf of Hammamet, which is a part of the Mediterranean Sea. Its economy is based on transport equipment, processed food, olive oil, textiles, and tourism. It is home to the Université de Sousse. Toponymy ''Sousse'' and ''Soussa'' are both French spellings of the Arabic name ''Sūsa''. The present city has also grown to include the ruins of Hadrumetum, which had Hadrumetum#Names, many names in several languages during classical antiquity, antiquity.Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World, Gazeteer, page 511, Map 33 Theveste-Hadrumetum, Compiled by R.B. Hitchner, 1997, in file BATL033_.PDF iB_ATLAS.ZIP froPrinceton University Press , Subjects, [http://press.princeton.edu/catalogs/subjects/arc.html Archaeology and Ancient History , Barrington Atlas of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
