Tag: General Jacquinot

• Remarks on the battle of Wagram, by General Édouard Colbert …

  

  General Pierre David Édouard de Colbert-Chabanais (1774-1853), in his ‘Unpublished Remarks’, wrote a concise account of the battle of Wagram. Its simplicity and modesty enhance its interest. We reproduce it here verbatim, together with some other manuscripts that he drew up. According to the orders given the day before by Napoleon, the French light cavalry…

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  December 6, 2023

  1809 Campaign, Aide-de-camp, Allied (Coalition) forces, Anecdotes, Artillery, Battle, Cavalry, French-Allied forces, General staff, Generals, Logistics – War Commissionary – Intendancy, Marshals, Memoirs, Officer

  Accomodation, Aide-de-camp, Ammunition, Archduke Charles, Austria, Batteries, Battle of Aspern-Essling, Battle of Wagram, Bivouac, Brigadier, Chasseur à Cheval, Count Daru, Danube, Emperor, Empress Marie-Louise, Eugène de Beauharnais, General Auguste Colbert, General Bruyère, General Dupas, General Edouard Colbert, General Jacquinot, General Lasalle, General Lauriston, General Marulaz, General Montbrun, General Morand, General Pajol, General Piré, Guns, Hungary, Imperial Guard, Injuries, Italy, Light Cavalry, Lobau, Marshal Bernadotte, Marshal Berthier, Marshal Davout, Marshal Masséna, Marshal Oudinot, Moravia, Napoleon, Outpost, Pontoon, Prisoner of war, Recovery, Redoubts, Retreat, River, Rosenberg, Saxony, Vanguard, Vienna, Znaïm

• Waterloo through the eyes of an aide-de-camp …

  

  Another excerpt of Alexandre de Chéron’s recollections on the battle of Waterloo. He was a lieutenant in the 26th Light Infantry Regiment and became an aide-de-camp to General de La Houssaye. The latter could not join the campaign … On the 18th, we held the right [flank] of the army. It was actually on our…

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  August 10, 2022

  1815 Campaign, Aide-de-camp, Battle, General staff, Generals, Infantry, Memoirs, Officer

  Battle of Waterloo, Blücher, British, Duke of Wellington, General de La Houssaye, General Jacquinot, Light Infantry