Adrien Jean-Baptiste du Bosc

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Adrien Jean-Baptiste Aimable Ramon du Bosc Dutaillis , called Adrien Jean-Baptiste du Bosc , (born November 12, 1760 in Nangis , † February 4, 1851 in Paris ) was a French general de division of the pioneers .

Life

In 1773 du Bosc joined the Génie Corps Nassau-Siegen as a cadet . Enthusiastic about the revolution , he went to Paris in 1789 and joined the Garde nationale there.

An enthusiastic supporter of Napoleon , he fought in front of Jemappes (November 6, 1792), Verviers and took part in the occupation of Liège (1795).

In the following year du Bosc moved to Marshal Louis-Alexandre Berthier and was able to distinguish himself through bravery during the Italian campaign (1796/97). He fought u. a. together with Pascal Antoine Fiorella near Castiglione (August 5, 1796). He was then promoted to Chief de bataillon and the directorate had du Bosc hand over a pair of pistols as weapons of honor .

Du Bosc fought at Arcole (November 15-17, 1796) and Rivoli (January 14-15, 1797). He was then stationed in Austria and for some time was a staff officer in the staff of General Barthélemy-Catherine Joubert .

After further promotions and transfers, he came to Marshal Louis-Alexandre Berthier as an aide-de-camp and took a. a. in the Battle of Marengo (June 14, 1800).

Under Marshal Michel Ney , he fought near Jena (October 14, 1806) and was instrumental in the surrender of Magdeburg (November 8, 1806). He was also able to stand up through courage and bravery in the battles near Preussisch Eylau (February 7/8, 1807), Guttstadt (June 5/6, 1807), Heilsberg (June 10, 1807) and Friedland (June 14, 1807) distinguish.

After the campaign of 1809, Napoleon du Bosc designated the military governor of Munich. In the autumn of 1810 he returned to Paris and wanted to devote himself to more political tasks. When Napoleon was planning his Russian campaign in 1812 , he appointed du Bosc to his staff early on in the preparations. During this war, du Bosc also acted as city commander of Warsaw for some time (→ Duchy of Warsaw ).

After the Battle of Paris (March 30, 1814) and Napoleon's abdication (→ Treaty of Fontainebleau ), du Bosc shot himself at the Bourbons . During Napoleon's " rule of the hundred days " and that of the restoration that followed, he behaved neutrally. The domestic political change of power to the July monarchy (→ July revolution of 1830 ) was no longer his world.

General Adrien du Bosc died at the age of 90 on February 4, 1851 in Paris and found his final resting place on the Cimetière Père Lachaise (Division 56).

Honors

literature

  • David Chandler: The campaigns of Napoleon . Weidenfeld, London 1993, ISBN 0-297-81367-6 (reprint of the London 1966 edition).
  • Kevin F. Kiley: Once there were titans. Napoleon's generals and their battles . Greenhill, London 2007, ISBN 978-1-85367-710-6 .
  • Charles Mullié: Biography of the célébrités militaires des armées de terre et de mer de 1789 à 1850 . Poignavant, Paris 1951 (2 vol.)
  • Digby Smith : The Greenhill Napoleonic Wars Data Book . Greenhill, London 1998, ISBN 1-85367-276-9 .
  • Jean Tulard (Ed.): Dictionnaire Napoléon . Fayard, Paris 1995, ISBN 2-213-02286-0 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Awarded by King Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria .
personal data
SURNAME Bosc, Adrien Jean-Baptiste you
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French Pioneers Division General
DATE OF BIRTH November 12, 1760
PLACE OF BIRTH Nangis
DATE OF DEATH February 4, 1851
Place of death Paris