Nicolas Maren Thiry ( fr. Nicolas Marin Thiry , 1769-1827) - French military leader, Brigadier General (1809), Baron (1809), participant in the revolutionary and Napoleonic wars.
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| Date of Birth | April 12, 1769 | ||||
| Place of Birth | Lorken, Lorraine (now Moselle ), Kingdom of France | ||||
| Date of death | May 31, 1827 (58 years old) | ||||
| Place of death | Paris , Department of Seine , Kingdom of France | ||||
| Affiliation |  France | ||||
| Type of army | Cavalry | ||||
| Years of service | 1786 - 1818 | ||||
| Rank | Brigadier General | ||||
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Biography
He began his service on August 2, 1786, as a gunner in the artillery regiment of Grenoble. On October 10, 1790 he was transferred as a grenadier to the Liege Infantry Regiment. Since 1792, he has been fighting as a regimental adjutant to the hussar regiment. He distinguished himself in the battle of Quiberon, where at the head of his company attacked and scattered a column of royalist emigrants.
September 15, 1805 led the squadron in the regiment of horse rangers of the Imperial Guard. He distinguished himself in the Battle of Austerlitz, where he was seriously injured by two bayonet blows to the chest. During another famous cavalry attack at Eilau, he received a strong bruise of his left leg with a core. On February 16, 1807 he was appointed deputy commander of the regiment of horse rangers of the Imperial Guard. June 6, 1809 promoted to brigadier generals. July 21, 1809 led the 8th Brigade of Light Cavalry (1st temporary, 25th Horse-Jaeger and Württemberg regiment). He served in the Army of Illyria until December 9, 1810, then in Italy. He participated in the Russian campaign, showed miracles of courage at Borodino: his horse was killed under him, and Tiri himself was injured three times.
April 1, 1813 was sent to the fortress of Mainz. May 5 joined the 2nd Marching Division of the 1st Cavalry Corps , and June 18 to the 1st Light Cavalry Division of the 2nd Corps. On August 3, 1813, he led the 2nd Brigade in the 2nd Heavy Cavalry Division . He distinguished himself in the battles at Leipzig and on February 3, 1814 at the Highway.
During the Hundred Days, he received command of the Murt department. In 1818 he retired. He died in Paris in 1827.
Military ranks
- Gunner (August 2, 1786);
- Grenadier (October 10, 1790);
- Sergeant (January 15, 1791);
- Junior Lieutenant (December 1, 1792);
- Captain (February 1, 1793);
- Squadron commander (October 23, 1799, approved September 23, 1800);
- Guard squadron commander (September 15, 1805);
- Major of the Guard (February 16, 1807);
- Brigadier General (June 6, 1809).
Titles
- Baron of Thiry and the Empire ( French: Baron Thiry et de l'Empire ; Decree of March 19, 1808, patent confirmed on August 20, 1809) [1] .
Rewards
Legionnaire of the Legion of Honor (September 24, 1803)
Legion of Honor Officer (June 14, 1804)
Commander of the Legion of Honor (September 4, 1808)
Cavalier of the Military Order of St. Louis (July 29, 1814)
- Honorary Saber (September 15, 1802)
Notes
Literature
- A. Lievyns, Jean Maurice Verdot, Pierre Bégat, Fastes de la Légion-d'honneur, biographie de tous les décorés accompagnée de l'histoire législative et réglementaire de l'ordre, volume 2, Bureau de l'administration, janvier 1844, 529 p.