Claude François Ferey

Claude François Ferey

Claude François Ferey (born September 21, 1771 in Auvet-et-la-Chapelotte , † July 22, 1812 in Salamanca ) was a French Général de division of the cavalry .

Life

At the age of 16, Ferey joined the army in 1787 and was promoted to officer in 1792. As such, he took part in the siege of Mainz in 1793 under the command of General François Ignace Ervoil d'Oyré and then fought the Vendée uprising under the command of General Jean-Baptiste Kléber .

In 1796 he was entrusted with the management of a brigade and he was able to distinguish himself in the battles of Neuwied (April 18, 1797), Montebello (June 9, 1800) and Marengo (June 14, 1800).

In 1803 Ferey was promoted to general and he fought with his brigade near Jena (October 14, 1805), Austerlitz (December 2, 1805), Lübeck (November 6, 1806), Preußisch Eylau (February 7/8, 1807) and Heilsberg (June 10, 1807).

Ferey was then assigned to Spain for the Napoleonic War on the Iberian Peninsula . On September 27, 1810, Ferey distinguished himself in the Battle of Buçaco and he was promoted again. This was followed by missions in the battles of Oñoro (May 3/5, 1812) and Salamanca (July 22, 1812). In the latter, Ferey fought under the command of Marshal Auguste Marmont and was shot by British troops.

Honors

• 1804 Commander of the Legion of Honor
• 1809 baron de l'Émpire
• His name can be found on the western pillar (38th column) of the triumphal arch on Place Charles-de-Gaulle (Paris).

literature

• David Gates: The Spanish Ulcer. A history of thr Peninsular wars . Pimlico Books, London 2002, ISBN 0-7126-9730-6 .
• Kevin F. Kiley: Once there were titans. Napoleon's generals and their battles, 1800-1815 . 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 1852 (2 vols.).
• Georges Six: Dictionnaire biographique des géneraux & 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).
• Digby Smith : The Napoleonic Wars data book . Greenhill, London 1998, ISBN 1-85367-276-9 .