Louis Ernest de Maud'huy
Louis Ernest de Maud'huy (born February 17, 1857 in Metz , † July 16, 1921 in Paris ) was a French general , conservative politician and first leader of the French scout movement .
Life
Louis Ernest de Maud'huy was born in Metz, which became the capital of the Lorraine district in the realm of Alsace-Lorraine after the German victory in the Franco-Prussian War in 1871 . De Maud'huy became a staunch French nationalist, embarked on a military career and was initially Colonel in command of the 35 e régiment d'infanterie from 1910 to 1912 .
At the beginning of the First World War he was in command of the 16th Division of the 8th Corps in Lorraine . On September 4, 1914 during the First Battle of the Marne , he took over the leadership of the XVIII. Corps that broke through together with the British expeditionary force towards Château-Thierry , while still on the battlefield, he was awarded the Legion of Honor for this. From October 3, 1914 to April 2, 1915 he was Commander-in-Chief of the 10th Army in Artois , deployed in the area between Arras and Bethune .
On April 2, 1915, he was given command of the newly established 7th Army in the Vosges , which he held until November 3 of the same year. The appointment as commander of the 15th Corps in the area west of Verdun on April 2, 1916 meant a demotion for de Maud'huy .
On January 25, 1917, he took over the leadership of the 11th Corps, with which he was involved in the Battle of the Aisne at the end of April and in the Battle of Malmaison (Lauffaux corner) at the end of October 1917 . During the German spring offensive , the 11th Corps was forced to retreat in the Third Battle of the Aisne at the end of May 1918 , and on June 2, Maud'huy had to relinquish his military command. Because of his previous services, he was appointed military governor of Metz by Marshal Foch at the end of the war .
Soon afterwards he was elected to the National Assembly as a member of the right-wing conservative Bloc national for the Moselle department . In July 1920 he was appointed the first head of the French Boy Scouts. He died in 1921 and was buried in the Invalides in Paris.
Honors
In Metz, a memorial plaque was placed on the house where he was born in the Rue de la Tête d'Or . The Place de Maud'huy also bears his name in Metz . The square was laid out in June 1871 under German rule and was initially called Königin-Luise-Platz , after the mother of Emperor Wilhelm II. The Rue du Général-de-Maud'Huy in the 14th arrondissement of Paris also bears his name .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Louis Ernest DE MAUD'HUY
- ^ First World War: Who's Who
- ^ Minutes of the session of the National Assembly on November 8, 1920 (French)
Web links
- De Maud'huy in World War I (Engl.)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Maud'huy, Louis Ernest de |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French general, politician, member of the National Assembly and scout functionary |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 17, 1857 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Metz |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 16, 1921 |
| Place of death | Paris |