Émile Herbillon

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Émile Herbillon - Engraving in the Musée des beaux-arts et d'archéologie of Châlons-en-Champagne

Émile Herbillon (* Tridi Germinal II / March 23, 1794 in Châlons-en-Champagne ; † April 24, 1866 in Paris ) was a French Général de division .

Life

He was the son of Nicolas Martin Herbillon and his wife Marie Magdelaine Sophie Del.

Although intended for an administrative career, he volunteered in 1813 to join the hunters on foot (Chasseurs-à-pied de la Garde Impériale) of the Imperial Guard, even if the military decline of the empire began to be ready at this time. Herbillon fought in the last campaigns of the Empire, including the Battle of Waterloo . After the restoration of the kingdom, he was accepted into the royal army with half pay. In 1816 he was promoted to Lieutenant and in 1825 ( Capitaine ). After the campaign to Spain in 1823, in which he took part in the entourage of Louis de France, Duke of Angoulème, in order to suppress the revolution there, Herbillion was transferred to North Africa, where he took part in the conquest of Algeria under Bugeaud and Lamoricière . In 1842 he was promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel of the 62nd Line Infantry Regiment (62e régiment d'infanterie de ligne) and on January 28, 1846 to Colonel and in the same year to Maréchal de camp . As interim commander of the Algerian province, he subjugated Kabylia , the area of ​​the Auris Mountains (a high mountain landscape in the area of ​​the Atlas massif ) and in 1849 conquered Zaatcha

On his return to France he was promoted to Général de division in 1851 . During the Crimean War , on August 16, 1855, he successfully commanded the French troops in the Battle of Traktir against the Russians.

After the peace agreement he was appointed as a member of the “Comité consultatif de l'infanterie” and in 1859 was transferred to the military command in Genoa .

In addition to other awards, he was awarded the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor in 1855.

In 1863 he was appointed "Senator of the Second Empire " (Sénateur du Second Empire).

He died in Paris on April 24, 1866 and was buried four days later in his hometown of Châlons-en-Champagne.

His son Émile Alexandre Herbillon (1826-1893) was also a colonel in the French armed forces.

Namesake

The village of Chetaïbi in Algeria was called "Herbillon" until Algerian independence - the Fort de la Pompelle near Reims was also originally called "Fort Herbillon".

Military background

  • Fusiliers in the Guardsmen (Chasseurs de la Garde) on December 24, 1813;
  • Lieutenant (Sous-lieutenant) in the 108th Line Infantry Regiment (108e Régiment d'infanterie de ligne) on February 9, 1914 (confirmed on September 13, 1814)
  • Lieutenant in the "Légion départementale de la Marne" on September 11, 1816;
  • Captain (Capitaine) in the (probably) 91st Line Infantry Regiment (91e Régiment d'infanterie de ligne) on September 16, 1825
  • Capitaine adjudant major in the same regiment, transferred to the 1st Line Infantry Regiment (1st Régiment d'infanterie de ligne) on May 26, 1826;
  • Lieutenant colonel in the 62nd Line Infantry Regiment (62e Régiment d'infanterie de ligne) 1841;
  • Colonel and regimental commander of the 67th Line Infantry Regiment (67e Régiment d'infanterie de ligne) on January 28, 1846
  • Maréchal de camp 1846

Awards (selection)

  • Chevalier of the Legion of Honor on October 9, 1834;
  • Officer of the Legion of Honor on April 29, 1841;
  • Commander of the Legion of Honor on August 20, 1845;
  • Grand-Officier of the Legion of Honor, April 26, 1850;
  • Grand Croix of the Legion of Honor in 1856
  • Crime medal (Médaille de Crimée).

Footnotes

  1. ^ According to the then valid, revolutionary French calendar
  2. ↑ extrait d'acte de naissance
  3. ↑ Zaachata is an oasis about 30 km south of the city of Biskra
  4. ↑ In 1863 he published a publication on the siege of Zaatcha "Relation du siège de Zaatcha"
  5. ^ The "Légion départementale de la Marne" was probably incorporated into the 91st Line Infantry Regiment on February 10, 1819.

literature

  • Jean-Paul Barbier Des Châlonnais célèbres, illustres et mémorables , 2000.
personal data
SURNAME Herbillon, Émile
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French general
DATE OF BIRTH March 23, 1794
PLACE OF BIRTH Châlons-en-Champagne
DATE OF DEATH April 24, 1866
Place of death Paris