Pierre Marie Barthélemy Ferino

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Pierre Marie Barthélémy Ferino

Pierre Marie Barthélemy Count Ferino (born August 23, 1747 in Craveggia , † June 28, 1816 in Paris ) was a French general.

Life

Ferino was born in what is now the Italian town of Piedmont , which was then part of the Kingdom of Sardinia . His father served as a non-commissioned officer in the Austrian Imperial Army during the Seven Years' War and Ferino himself began his military career in this army in 1768, where he only achieved the rank of captain and felt that he was being treated unfairly. In 1789 he went to France and in August 1792 became a lieutenant colonel in the French revolutionary army. The career opportunities in the young French revolutionary army were far better to be assessed, as there was a lack of experienced professional officers after the emigration of thousands of noble officers.

He served in the Rhine Army under General Custine where he was promoted to Général de brigade in 1792 . In August 1793 he was promoted to Général de division and served in the 1796 campaign under General Jean-Victor Moreau . On June 24, 1796, he and his division crossed the Rhine near Kehl and opened access to the empire with his victory over the troops of the Swabian imperial district of Moreau.

On October 24, 1796 in the battle of Schliengen , Ferino commanded the right wing of the French army near Sitzenkirch and prevented the breakthrough of the Austrian troops under General von Nauendorf , which would have cut off Moreau's retreat over the bridge at Hüningen fortress .

In 1797, Ferino resisted the order to march his troops on Paris, because he did not want to be drawn into the conflicts between the members of the Directory .

In October 1798 he was briefly given command of the Armée de Mayence . In the French campaign of 1799 , Ferino commanded the right wing of the Danube Army under General Jean-Baptiste Jourdan . His division had a strength of about 8,000 men and crossed the Rhine on March 1, 1799 near Basel. She then moved to Blumberg via the forest cities .

After the battle of Ostrach on March 21, 1799, Ferino's division covered the retreat to Stockach. In the battle of Stockach on March 25, 1799, his troops stood in the Singen area, from where they advanced via Steißlingen to Orsingen-Nenzingen and united with the Souham division - Ferino took over command of both divisions. Wahlwies was temporarily taken. However, the decision was made on the left wing of the French army, where, after an eventful course, the Austrian superiority prevailed.

In 1804, Ferino was appointed Grand Officer of the Legion of Honor by Napoleon and in 1805 a Senator . In 1807 he became governor of Antwerp and in 1808 he was appointed count. In 1813 he was charged with organizing the National Guard in the Netherlands. Nevertheless, Ferino voted in 1814 for the deposition of Napoleon and King Louis XVIII. made him a knight of the Ordre royal et militaire de Saint-Louis .

His name is on the east side of the Paris Triumphal Arch in the 14th column.

literature

Web links

  • Entry in the Napoleon Wiki

Individual references / comments

  1. ^ Entry in the Base Léonore of the French Ministry of Culture , accessed on January 25, 2013
  2. ↑ s. Senate homepage
personal data
SURNAME Ferino, Pierre Marie Barthélemy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ferino, Pierre Marie Barthélemy By
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French general and politician
DATE OF BIRTH August 23, 1747
PLACE OF BIRTH Craveggia
DATE OF DEATH June 28, 1816
Place of death Paris