Antoine Morlot

Antoine Morlot (born May 5, 1766 in Bousse , † March 22, 1809 in Bayonne ) was a French general of the infantry .

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Morlot came from the Trois-Évêchés and volunteered for the royal army on December 7, 1782. Until September 28, 1790 he was in an artillery corps. During the Revolutionary Wars he was able to distinguish himself through courage and bravery and was promoted several times.

At the beginning of October 1790 he came as a captain to a battalion des Volontaires nationaux and took u. a. participated in the siege of Thionville and in the battle of Kaiserslautern (November 28/30, 1793).

On January 28, 1794, Morlot was promoted to Général de brigade and as such he and his troops played a key role in the battles near Arlon (April 17/18, 1794), Lambusart (June 12/16, 1794), Fleurus ( June 26th , 1794) June 1794) and Aldenhoven (October 2, 1794).

Effective September 23, 1801, Morlot was made available and did not return to active service until 1807, when Napoleon was planning his campaign to Spain . As Général de division , Morlot fought valiantly in front of Bailén (July 18/22, 1808), Vimeiro (August 21, 1808) and Tudela (November 23, 1808). From December of the same year took part in the siege of Saragossa (December 1808 / February 1809). A typhus epidemic broke out during the siege . Morlot became infected and was evacuated to the Bayonne military hospital as a member of the General Staff. Morlot died there on the morning of March 23, 1809. Napoleon ordered, because of his merits, that Morlot should be buried in France. Antoine Morlot found his final resting place in the Père Lachaise cemetery . (Division 59).

Honors

• December 10, 1801 Chevalier of the Legion of Honor
• June 14, 1804 Commander of the Legion of Honor
• His name can be found on the north pillar (6th column) of the triumphal arch on Place Charles-de-Gaulle ( Paris )

literature

• David G. Chandler : The campaigns of Napoleon . Weidenfeld, London 1993, ISBN 0-297-81367-6 (reprint of the London 1966 edition)
• Charles Mullié: Biography of the célébrités militaires de armées de terre et de mer de 1789 à 1850 . Poignavant, Paris 1851 (2 vols.).
• Charles Oman : A history of the peninsular war . Greenhill, London 2004, ISBN 1-85367-214-9 (9 vols.)
• Georges Six: Dictionnaire biographique des généraux & amiraux français de la Révolution et de l'Émpire. 1792-1814 . Saffroy, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-901541-06-2 (reprint of the Paris 1934 edition)
• Jean Tulard (Ed.): Dictionnaire Napoléon . Fayard, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-213-60485-1 (2 vols.)

Web links

• Antoine Morlot in the database of Find a Grave (English)