Louis Sébastien Blosse

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Louis Sébastien Sheer (* 18th January 1753 in Saint-Pouange ( Aube ); † 27. October 1793 at Château-Gontier ) was a Général de brigade of the Revolutionary Army of the First French Republic , which in the fight against the uprising in the Vendee used was.

Career

He joined a unit of colonial troops on September 15, 1770, which was incorporated into the Régiment de Clare (an Irish foreign regiment ) on January 18, 1771 . He was part of Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne's expedition in 1771 and 1772 in the Indian Ocean and was released on June 17, 1775.

In July of the following year he returned to the depot of the colonial troops and was transferred to the Régiment de la Guadeloupe on December 1, 1778 . In April 1785 he was promoted to lieutenant of the hunters and on September 16, 1792 to captain in 109 e d'infanterie de ligne . He was then transferred to the vanguard of the “Armée des Côtes de Brest” (Brest Coastal Army).

He was provisional commandant of Ancenis when the Représentants en mission Merlin, Gillet and Cavaignac appointed him adjutant and "Adjudant-général chef de bataillon" in July 1793. Confirmed in this rank on August 8th, he left Nantes on August 26th together with General Jean-Baptiste-Camille de Canclaux to pursue the rebels of the Vendée. On September 5, he courageously defended the post of Les Sorinières and was slightly injured. On the 13th he was attacked by the Vendéens on the outskirts of the village of Le Chêne and had to pull back. On September 17, he took part in the battle at Vertou and was promoted to "Adjudant-général chef de brigade" on September 30, 1793.

On October 6, 1793 he was able to distinguish himself in the battle at Tiffauges and received on October 16, 1793 simultaneously with François Séverin Marceau the rank of provisional "Général de brigade". The next day he and his grenadiers contributed decisively to the victory in the Second Battle of Cholet . After this success he was commissioned on October 20th to disarm the left bank as far as Saint-Florent , which he did without the atrocities that were common at the time.

On October 27, 1793 he tried in vain to collect the troops in the fateful battle of Entrammes . Although he was hit in the head by a bullet, he wanted to defend the Château-Gontier bridge with a few brave men. He died there with most of his people.

literature

  • Jacques Charavay "Les Généraux morts pour la patrie: 1792–1871"; notices biographiques, Paris, Société de l'histoire de la Révolution française, 1893.
  • Jules Michelet Histoire de la Révolution française
  • Pierre Gréau “La bataille d'Entrammes” Éditions Siloë Nantes / Laval 2007 ISBN 9782842314132
  • Pierre Gréau "La Virée de Galerne" Editions Pays & Terroirs Cholet 2012 ISBN 9782751602863
  • Georges Six "Dictionnaire biographique des généraux & amiraux français de la Révolution et de l'Empire (1792–1814)" Paris Éditeur Librairie G. Saffroy, 1934, Volume 2, p. 110

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ LES GÉNÉRAUX RÉPUBLICAINS MORTS EN VENDÉE - La Maraîchine Normande. November 20, 2016, accessed October 30, 2019 (French).
  2. ^ Officer with the rank of captain or commandant as chief of staff in a battalion.
  3. ↑ between the rank of colonel and brigadier general. This officer was chief of staff in a brigade or division.
  4. ↑ confirmation by the National Convention was still pending
  5. ^ University of California Libraries: Les Généraux morts pour la patrie, 1792-1871: notices biographiques . Paris: Au siége de la Société, 1893 ( archive.org [accessed October 30, 2019]).
personal data
SURNAME Mere, Louis Sébastien
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Just, Louis
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French general
DATE OF BIRTH January 18, 1753
PLACE OF BIRTH Saint-Pouange
DATE OF DEATH October 27, 1793
Place of death Château-Gontier