Girolamo Ramorino

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Girolamo Ramorino, steel engraving

Girolamo Ramorino (born April 8, 1792 in Genoa , † May 22, 1849 in Turin ) was an Italian general .

At a young age he fought in the Napoleonic Wars under Napoleon against Austria in 1809 and in Russia in 1812 . During the reign of the Hundred Days , he was appointed a law enforcement officer. After the French defeat, he returned to Piedmont in 1815 and took part in the Piedmont uprising in 1821 .

In 1830, after the November uprising, he supported the Poles against Russia and was first leader of a brigade in the ensuing War of Independence, then from 13 June 1831 commander of an independent Polish corps of 16,000 men and 4,000 riders. In mid-August he marched with his troops from the Warsaw area against Brest-Litovsk to break up the Russian siege ring. After the failure of the Poles, he fled into exile in France.

After traveling for months and making arrangements with Italian emigrants between Paris and Geneva, in February 1834 he supported Giuseppe Mazzini in Paris in planning an invasion of Savoy planned by Switzerland. He played an inglorious role in this, because he had quickly gambled away the money entrusted to him and therefore could not raise troops in time. He apologized for not receiving any further financial assistance.

After the armistice of Salasco in 1848, he offered himself to the Savoy army as a troop leader and took command of the 5th (Lombard) division under General Wojciech Chrzanowski . In March 1849 he was supposed to prevent Austrian troops from crossing the Gravellona area , but neglected this important measure and pushed ahead without orders on the right bank of the Po in order to lure the enemy to Voghera . Soon after, he was in consequence of the battle of Novara of insubordination accused the Piedmont to the defeat in the war against Austria led. It was after a quick court martial on 22 May 1849 war legally shot in the execution he could command at the request own firing squad.

Web links

Commons : Girolamo Ramorino  - collection of images, videos and audio files
personal data
SURNAME Ramorino, Girolamo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian general in French and Polish service
DATE OF BIRTH April 8, 1792
PLACE OF BIRTH Genoa
DATE OF DEATH May 22, 1849
Place of death Turin