Charles François Dulauloy

Coat of arms of Charles François Dulauloy, comte de Randon

Charles François Dulauloy, comte de Randon , (born December 9, 1761 in Laon , † June 3, 1832 in Villeneuve-Saint-Germain ) was a Général de division of the French Revolution and the First Empire .

Career

Coming from a respected family, he joined the artillery force as an apprentice in 1780 . In 1788 he was promoted to Capitaine . During the advance of the Allies on Paris in the First Coalition War up to the cannonade at Valmy , he commanded the artillery of Paris. In the fighting in the uprising of the Vendée between the revolutionaries and the royalists he was able to distinguish himself and in 1793 was promoted to Colonel (German: Colonel ). As early as 1794 he was promoted to the Général de brigade . During the session of the National Convention on "8 thermidor an III" (July 26, 1795) he was able to announce the surrender of the fortified Nieuwpoort . (Up to this point Nieuwpoort belonged to the Austrian Netherlands and thus to the Allies.)

He then became a member of the directorate for the marching movements of the armies in the welfare committee , and then commander of the artillery of the "Armée du Nord" (Northern Army), the "Armée de Sambre et Meuse" (Sambre-Maas Army) and the "Armée" de l'Ouest “(Western Army).

In 1799 he was in charge of the defense of Tortonese ( Piedmont ) as commander-in-chief of Liguria (headquarters in Genoa ) ,

In 1802 he organized the artillery school in Metz (École d'artillerie de Metz) and was promoted to General de division in 1803, serving in the Armée de Hanovre (Hanover Army). In 1806 he was appointed artillery commander in the Kingdom of Naples .

In the same year he took over command of the 4th Corps of the Grande Armée . With this he was able to distinguish himself in the Battle of Eylau , the Battle of Heilsberg and the Battle of Friedland and was awarded the Cross of a Grand Officier of the Legion of Honor for his services .

In 1808 he was appointed Comte de l'Empire de Randon (German: Count of Randon) and was involved in heavy fighting in Spain with the 2nd Corps he commanded. He was then seconded to the Netherlands , from where he was to take part in the invasion of Great Britain .

With the Grande Armée he took part in the campaigns of 1811 and 1812. In 1813 he was appointed commander of the artillery of the Imperial Guard . After the victorious battle of Großgörschen , Dulauloy was awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of Reunification . He had used the light artillery heavily to fight enemy lines. In the Battle of Bautzen , the Battle of Dresden and the Battle of the Nations near Leipzig (here he commanded the Parc et Génie de la Garde - Artillery and Pioneer Park of the Guard) he repeatedly used these reserves of the guard artillery at the center of the opposing forces.

On December 5, 1813, Dulauloy was appointed to the State Council and on December 7 of the same year to Napoleon's Chamberlain .

After the first return of the Bourbons , King Louis XVIII gave it to him . the office of general inspector of artillery.

During the rule of the Hundred Days by Napoleon, the latter appointed Dulauloy Peer of France and Governor of Lyons .

After the king returned, he was retired.

Dulauloy died on June 30, 1832 in Villeneuve-Saint-Germain (Aisne).

literature

• Archives nationales (CARAN) - Service Historique de l'Armée de Terre - Fort de Vincennes - Dossier SHAT Côte: 7 Yd 461.