Louis Harlet

Louis Harlet

Louis Harlet (born August 15, 1772 in Broyes , † March 2, 1853 in Sézanne ) was a Général de brigade of the infantry .

Life

Harlet was a son of the lawyer Louis-Ferdinand Harlet and his wife Marie Caritte. Enthusiastic about the ideals of the revolution , Harlet volunteered for the army. He was able to distinguish himself through bravery in the revolutionary wars and became a partisan of Napoleon early on .

Led by General Jean-Baptiste Kléber , he was involved in the fighting to put down the Vendée uprising .

In the Battle of the Nations near Leipzig (October 16/19, 1813) he commanded the 2nd Brigade of the 19th Division in the 5th Corps. After the Battle of Paris (March 30, 1814) and Napoleon's abdication (→ Treaty of Fontainebleau ), Harlet remained a partisan of Napoleon.

When he left the island of Elba and his rule of the Hundred Days began, he immediately rejoined him. After the Battle of Waterloo (June 18, 1815), Harlet returned to France and soon resigned from all military positions. He retired into private life and died on March 2, 1853 on his estate near Sézanne.

Honors

• March 15, 1810 Baron de l'Émpire
• Commander of the Legion of Honor
• Grand Officier of the Legion of Honor
• Ordre de Léopold
• Ordre royal et militaire de Saint-Louis
• His name can be found on the western pillar (32nd column) of the triumphal arch on Place Charles-de-Gaulle ( Paris ).

literature

• Karl Bleibtreu : Marshals, generals, soldiers of Napoleon I. VRZ-Verlag, Hamburg 1999, ISBN 3-931482-63-4 (reprint of the Berlin 1899 edition).
• Philip J. Haythornthwaite: Who was who in the Napoleonic Wars . Arms & Armor, London 1998, ISBN 1-85409-391-6 .
• 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 .
• Digby Smith : The Greenhill Napoleonic Wars Data Book . Greenhill, London 1998, ISBN 1-85367-276-9 .