Pierre Baste

Pierre Baste

Pierre Baste (born November 21, 1768 in Bordeaux , † January 29, 1814 in Brienne-le-Château ) was a French Général de brigade of the infantry and admiral of the royal fleet.

Live and act

Baste was the son of a timber merchant and grew up - according to a bon mot - "in the forest and at the shipyard". At the age of twelve, Baste became a cabin boy on the Pactole in 1780 and stayed there for some time. When he heard from Christophe de la Poix of Napoleon Bonaparte's punitive expedition to Saint-Domingue ( Hispaniola ) in 1802 , he immediately volunteered with Charles Victor Emmanuel Leclerc .

In 1782 he returned to Bordeaux and was on half pay for a few years . Between 1787 and 1792, Baste repeatedly had limited engagements on various ships.

Pierre Baste was killed in the Battle of Brienne (January 29, 1814) and his final resting place was in the Brienne-le-Chateau cemetery.

Honors

• February 28, 1810 Commander of the Legion of Honor
• March 25, 1810 Comte d'Émpire
• His name can be found on the western pillar (38th column) of the triumphal arch on Place Charles de Gaulle ( Paris )
• The Rue Baste in the 19th Arrondissement (Paris) was named in his honor.
• The rue Baste in Bordeaux was named in his honor

literature

• Pierre Lévêque: Les officiers de marine du Premier Émpire . Service Historique de la Marine, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-11-091844-6 (also dissertation, University of Paris)
• Onésime-Joachim Troude: Batailles navales de la France . Challamel, Paris 1867/68 (2 vol.)
• Charles Mullié: Biography of the célébrités militaires des armées de terre et de mer de 1789 à 1850, vol. 1 . Poignavant, Paris 1952.
• Georges Six: Dictionnaire biographiques des généraux et amriaux de la Révolution et de l'Émpire . Saffroy, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-901541-06-2 (reprint of the Paris 1934 edition)
• Auguste Thomazi: Les Marins de Napoléon . Tallandier, Paris 2004, ISBN 2-84734-137-4 (EA Paris 1978)