Claude-Étienne Michel
Claude-Étienne Michel (born October 3, 1772 in Pointre , French Jura ; † June 18, 1815 in the Battle of Waterloo ) was a French officer in the French Revolutionary Army and the Napoleonic Army , most recently in the rank of general.
Early military service
He joined the French Revolutionary Army on October 1, 1792 as a volunteer in the Jura department . He became Sous-lieutenant on March 4, 1792 and Capitaine on October 6 of the same year . On October 1, 1797, he became the commander of his own battalion, which was deployed at various locations. Michel was wounded several times.
Military service in the Napoleonic army
On May 1, 1806 he was promoted to chief de bataillon in the Grenadiers of the Old Guard and on February 16, 1807 to colonel . He distinguished himself in many battles, for example at Jena and Auerstedt and Prussian Eylau . He fought on the Iberian Peninsula and was subsequently promoted to baron in November 1808. He then fought at Aspern and Wagram .
On June 24, 1811 he was promoted to Général de brigade and took part in Napoleon's Russian campaign in this rank in 1812 . On November 20, 1813, he was promoted to Général de division .
On February 11, 1814, he received a gunshot wound in the arm at Montmirail , but remained at his post until evening. To recover in Paris, he appeared on March 30, 1814 at the Battle of Paris with his arm in a sling with the troops and distinguished himself in the battles in front of the Barriere de Pantin.
Among the Bourbons
Under Louis XVIII. he served as a colonel in the royal guard.
Reign of the Hundred Days
After Napoleon's return from exile on Elba, he immediately returned to the service of Napoleon and led a brigade of the Chasseur Division of the Old Guard . In the battle of Waterloo he led his brigade in a loss-making attack in the late afternoon as far north as La Haye Sainte . He fell in this attack and was buried anonymously in the mass grave of Mont Saint-Jean .
Honors
His name is entered on the triumphal arch in Paris in the 10th column.
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- Claude-Étienne Michel , in Charles Mullié, Biographie des célébrités militaires des armées de terre et de mer de 1789 à 1850 , 1852
- Foregoing literature at Wikisource
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Michel, Claude-Etienne |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French officer of the French Revolutionary Army and the Napoleonic Army |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 3, 1772 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pointre , French Jura |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 18, 1815 |
| Place of death | Battle of Waterloo |