Guillaume Philibert Duhesme
Count Guillaume Philibert Duhesme (born July 7, 1766 in Bourgeuf / Burgundy ; † June 20, 1815 in Genappe ) was a French Général de division .
Life
Duhesme studied law. In 1792 he was appointed Colonel by Charles-François Dumouriez in a free corps that he had formed from his own resources. In 1793, as commandant of Roermond, he held the position of Herstal, which was important for the connection with Holland . On March 18, 1793, after the defeat at Neerwinds , he burned the bridge over the Loo, then crossed the Scheldt and in the battle of Villeneuve (July 6) brought the infantry columns fleeing from the Austrians to a standstill, for which he joined the Général de brigade was promoted.
He also contributed a lot to the victory at Fleurus on July 26, 1794 and besieged Maastricht under Jean-Baptiste Kléber , whereupon he was promoted to Général de division. He fought in the uprising of the Vendée in 1795 , then on the Rhine , where on April 20, 1797 he forced the Rhine crossing at Diersheim below Kehl . 1798 entrusted with a command in Italy under Jean-Étienne Championnet , he worked in January 1799 with the capture of Naples and calmed Calabria and Apulia .
He then received a command in the Alps and in the spring of 1800 in the Franco- Batavian army under Charles Pierre François Augereau . Raised Count and Knight of the Legion of Honor , he led the 4th Division of the Italian Army in 1805 and again took part in the conquest of Naples.
In February 1808 he was given command of the Army Corps of the Eastern Pyrenees (Corps d'Armée des Pyrénées Orientales) in Spain and distinguished himself by defending Barcelona . In response to Augereau's accusations of having tolerated various excesses of his troops, he remained unemployed from 1810 to 1814, but was then given a division under Marshal Claude-Victor Perrin. Victor and fought with La Rothière , Montereau and Arcis-sur- Aube . After Napoleon's first abdication he became inspector general of the infantry , went over to the same after Napoleon's return, fought at Ligny and was seriously wounded on June 18, 1815 at Waterloo . At around 2 a.m. on June 20, 1815, he died of his wounds in the “Au Roi d'Espagne” inn in Genappe .
Works
Duhesme's essay Essai historique de l'infanterie légère (Lyon 1806; 3rd edition, Paris 1864; German, Berlin 1829) is well known. Digitized 3rd edition
Honors
His name is entered on the triumphal arch in Paris in the 8th column.
swell
- Helmut Konrad von Keusgen: Waterloo Lexicon. Napoleon's Belgian campaign in 1815 from A to Z. IMK Creativ Verlag, Garbsen, 1999, ISBN 3-932922-05-0
Individual evidence
- ^ Helmut Konrad von Keusgen: Waterloo Lexicon
Web links
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Duhesme, Guillaume Philibert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French division general |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 7, 1766 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bourgeuf , Burgundy |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 18, 1815 |
| Place of death | near Waterloo (Belgium) |