Jacques Darnaud

Jaques Darnaud

Jacques Darnaud (born January 8, 1758 in Bricy , † March 3, 1830 in Paris ) was a French général de brigade in the infantry .

Life

On August 10, 1777, Darnaud joined the army as a volunteer at the age of nineteen. He was soon able to distinguish himself through bravery in the Revolutionary Wars and was also quickly promoted. From September 17, 1787 he fought in the rank of sergent chief and five years later he was a lieutenant .

Darnaud took u. a. participated in the siege of Mainz (→ Republic of Mainz ) and fought at Hondschoote (September 8, 1793) and Wattignies (October 15/16, 1793).

After further promotions, Darnaud took u in the following year. a. participated in fights at Tourcoing (May 17-18, 1794) and Fleurus (June 26, 1794).

Later, at Napoleon's request , he switched to the Italian Army and in 1796 took part in the occupation of Modena and the associated duchy (→ Cispadan Republic ). He also fought on the Trebbia (June 17/19, 1799) and Novi (August 25, 1799).

After the Battle of Waterloo (June 18, 1815), Darnaud became part of King Louis XVIII. and in 1824 also from his successor Karl X. At this time, however, he had already resigned from all his offices and retired into private life. Jacques Darnaud died at the age of 72 on March 3, 1830 in Paris, where he found his final resting place.

Honors

• April 23, 1800 ceremonial saber (weapons of honor)
• November 1803 Chevalier of the Legion of Honor
• June 14, 1805 Commander of the Legion of Honor
• January 15, 1809 Baron de l'Émpire
• June 27, 1814 Chevalier des Ordre royal et militaire de Saint-Louis
• August 24, 1820 Grand Officier of the Legion of Honor
• March 27, 1821 Commandeur des Ordre royal et militaire de Saint-Louis
• His name can be found on the north pillar (8th column) of the Triumphal Arch on Place Charles-de-Gaulle (Paris)

literature

• David Chandler: The campaigns of Napoleon . Weidenfeld, London 1993, ISBN 0-297-81367-6 (reprint of the London 1966 edition).
• Charles Mullié: Biography of the célébrités militaires des armées de terre et de mer de 1789 à 1850 . Poignavant, Paris 1851 (2 vols.).
• Stephen Pope: The Cassell Dictionary of the Napoleonic Wars . Cassell, London 1999, ISBN 0-304-35229-2 .
• Georges Six: Dictionnaire biography des généraux & 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).
• Karl Florentin Leidenfrost : French Heldensaal or the life, deeds and current fates of the most memorable heroes of the republic and the empire, in particular Napoleon's comrades in arms and marshals , Bernhard Friedrich Voigt , Ilmenau 1828, pp. 11-12.