Louis François Félix Musnier

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Louis François Félix Musnier, baron de Folleville, comte de la Conserverie (born January 18, 1766 in Longueville , † November 16, 1837 in Paris ) was a French general of the infantry .

Live and act

On August 22, 1780 Musnier came as a cadet to the École militaire in Paris ( 7th arrondissement ) and was promoted to Sous-lieutenant on January 10 of the following year .

On December 22, 1782, Musnier switched to active military service. He was distinguished by bravery and was promoted several times: Lieutenant (August 10, 1788), appointment to Adjudant-Major (September 15, 1791) and promotion to Capitaine (March 1, 1792). With effect from July 1, 1792 he was transferred to the Rhine Army ; he came as an aide-de-camp to General Alexis Magallon de la Morlière (1707–1799).

When Napoleon was planning his Italian campaign in 1796 , Musnier volunteered. After other awards, he was on 17 December 1799 by the Directorate for General de brigade transported. At the beginning of June 1800 he moved to General Jean Boudet's staff .

Between September 23 and November 13, 1801 was Musnier for grabs . He then took over the leadership of a division in Rouen and on February 1, 1805 the Emperor personally promoted him to Général de division.

In the summer of 1808 Musnier came to war in Spain . He took part in the Siege of Saragossa (December 1808 / February 1809) and the Battle of Tudela and fought the following year in the Battle of Alcañiz (May 23, 1809) and in the Battle of Belchite (June 18, 1809).

In April / May 1810 he took part in the sieges of Lérida and Tortosa (December 1810 / January 1811). He fought under Marshal Suchet in the Battle of Sagunto (October 25, 1811) and took part in the advance to Valencia. Later his troops took part in the fighting at Castalla (April 13, 1813) and in the Battle of Ordal (September 13, 1813). After his defeat in the Battle of Vitoria (June 21, 1813), he and his troops had to retreat to France.

After the Battle of Paris (March 30, 1814) and Napoleon's abdication (→ Abdication ), Musnier switched to the side of the Bourbons and supported King Louis XVIII. During this time Musnier acted as Inspector General of the Infantry on the Channel Coast . When Napoleon left the island of Elba and his " rule of the hundred days " began, Musnier immediately defected to the emperor.

After the Battle of Waterloo (June 18, 1815) Musnier remained without an official assignment for a few weeks and was sent into provisional retirement on September 4 of the same year. Between February 17, 1831 and March 1, 1832 he was busy with some more administrative tasks as état-major général . King Louis-Philippe I officially retired Musnier on March 1, 1832.

Musnier settled in Paris and died on November 16, 1837. He found his final resting place on the Cimetière de Montmartre .

Honors

literature

  • David G. 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.).
  • Charles Oman : A history of the peninsular war Greenhill, London 2004/06, ISBN 1-85367-214-9 (9 vols.).
  • Georges Six: Dictionnaire biographique 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)
  • Digby Smith : The Greenhill Napoleonic Wars Data Book . Greenhill, London 1998, ISBN 1-85367-276-9 .

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personal data
SURNAME Musnier, Louis François Félix
ALTERNATIVE NAMES baron de Folleville, comte de la Conserverie
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French general of the infantry
DATE OF BIRTH January 18, 1766
PLACE OF BIRTH Longueville (Pas-de-Calais)
DATE OF DEATH November 16, 1837
Place of death Paris