Franz von Pillement

Franz Pillement , knight of Pillement since 1815 (born May 7, 1775 in Bitsch , † March 10, 1836 in Munich ) was a Bavarian officer, most recently major general .

Life

family

He was the son of the French captain in the regiment Bouillon and knight of the French Order of Louis Ludwig Pillement and his wife Marie Anna, née Helffinger.

His son Johann later also embarked on a military career in the Bavarian Army and made it to major general.

Military career

Pillement occurred on 28 August 1790 in the Duke of Pfalz-two jumpers Guards on foot and was already on September 15, 1790 to lieutenant , and on December 29, 1793 to lieutenant promoted. In the same year he took part in the siege of Mannheim . In 1799 he fought in Switzerland under General Bartels in the battle of Zurich (September 25 and 26, 1799) and the battle at the Paradies monastery (October 17, 1799). During the Second Coalition War against France in 1800, at the beginning still as a first lieutenant - from May 28, 1800 as a staff captain in the combined Battalion Siebein, Pillement took part in the battles of Messkirch (May 5, 1800), Biberach (May 8, 1800), Memmingen (May 10, 1800), Illertissen (June 5, 1800), Neuburg (June 27, 1800), Hohenlinden (December 3, 1800) and Salzburg (December 14, 1800).

In 1805 in the campaign against Austria , he was a captain in the newly established 9th Line Infantry Regiment . In 1806 he received a company in the 14th Line Infantry Regiment and was promoted to major in this on May 2, 1807 . With the unit he took part in the campaign against Prussia and Russia in 1806/07 . In 1809, during the fifth coalition war against Austria and Tyrol, Pillement was able to take the Kaiserturm and the pass on the right bank of the Inn between Nussdorf and Kufstein at the head of the 3rd company . An army order of June 1, 1809 expressly praised Pillement's behavior in the battle.

At the beginning of the Russian campaign in 1812, he and his regiment initially belonged to Marshal MacDonald's French X Army Corps . Promoted to lieutenant colonel on September 15, 1812 , he was immediately transferred to the 1st Line Infantry Regiment . A short time later, on August 10, 1813, he was promoted to colonel in the 11th Infantry Regiment with whom he took part in the campaign against France in 1813 and 1814 and repeatedly found himself the opportunity to distinguish himself. On February 17, 1814, he initially succeeded in defending the village of Villeneuve-le-Comte against superior enemy forces. After the order to evacuate the village, Pillement was able to prevent the advance of the French troops and force the enemy to stop. Through his level-headedness and his brave behavior, which Lieutenant General Delamotte, Major General Habermann and Field Marshal Lieutenant Hardegg confirmed in certificates, he contributed a lot to the fact that the Habermann Brigade and the Austrian troops were able to withdraw in an orderly manner, which also made the withdrawal of the main corps much easier.

The army order of March 7, 1814 had already praised Pillement for his behavior on February 17. The chapter of the Military Max Joseph Order held in Munich on January 17, 1815 , chaired by Lieutenant Colonel Aicher, unanimously approved Pillement's entry as a knight for his deed at Villeneuve-le-Comte. June 1815 officially took place. With the admission to the order there was an elevation in the personal nobility and he was allowed to call himself Knight of Pillement after the entry in the nobility register .

In the Battle of Arcis-sur-Aube on March 20 and 21, 1814, Pillement and his regiment again distinguished themselves, as confirmed by a certificate issued on October 1, 1814 by his superior Lieutenant General Delamotte. He was able to maintain the village of Torcy-le-Grand near Arcis-sur-Aube during the fighting . With an army order of March 31, 1814, Pillement was also awarded the Russian Order of St. Anne .

On February 11, 1824, Pillements was appointed Major General and Commander of the 2nd Infantry Brigade of the 1st Army Division . On November 20, 1829 he received the Cross of Honor of the Ludwig Order .

Franz von Pillement died on March 10, 1836 at the age of 60 in Munich.

literature

• Baptist Schrettinger: The Royal Bavarian Military Max Joseph Order and its members. Volume 2. Oldenbourg. Munich 1882. pp. 630-633.