Count Charles-Marie Denys de Damrémont ( fr. Charles-Marie Denys de Damrémont ; February 8, 1783, Chaumont - October 12, 1837, near Constantine ) - French commander, participant in the Napoleonic Wars (1806-1814) and the French conquest of Algeria (1830-1832) and 1837), Governor-General of the French colonies in North Africa.
| Charles-Marie Denis de Damremont | |||
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| fr. Charles-Marie Denys de Damrémont | |||
 General Denis de Damremont | |||
| Date of Birth | February 8, 1783 | ||
| Place of Birth | Chaumont | ||
| Date of death | October 12, 1837 (54 years old) | ||
| Place of death | Konstantin | ||
| Affiliation |  France | ||
| Type of army | infantry | ||
| Years of service | 1804-1837 | ||
| Rank | lieutenant general | ||
| Battles / wars | Napoleonic Wars The conquest of Algeria | ||
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Biography
Charles-Marie Denis was born in Chaumont (now the department of Upper Marne ) on February 7, 1783. On the 26th of Floreal XI year (May 16, 1803) he entered the Saint-Cyr Military School in Fontainebleau [1] [2] .
In 1804 he successfully graduated from college and, having received the rank of junior lieutenant, began his service in the 12th regiment of equestrian shooters. March 21, 1807 received the rank of lieutenant and was appointed adjutant of General Defrance , on August 25 of the same year, General Marmont . He participated in the campaigns of the Great Army in 1806 and 1809 in Dalmatia . Since June 5, 1809 - captain. He took part in numerous battles, including the battle of Mount Kitty and Grashadets, where his general was seriously injured, and in Wagram , where Denis's unit was distinguished according to some information, but his surname does not appear in the command reports [1] [ 2] .
In 1811 and 1812 he took part in the Iberian War , from February 6, 1811 - squadron commander. In the battle of Salamanca, Marshal Marmont was seriously injured and was evacuated to France - Denis, most likely, followed him. After recovering in 1813, Marmont was appointed army commander in Germany , and one of his first orders was to confer the rank of colonel on his own adjutant, Charles-Marie Denis. He participated in numerous battles in Germany, including the battle of peoples near Leipzig . After the capture of Paris in 1814 he signed a separate (from Napoleon's point of view) surrender of the troops of Marshal Marmont as his first adjutant [1] [2] .
During the First Restoration, he remained under the command of Marmont, with whom from June 2, 1814 he joined the as a junior lieutenant of the 6th company. Since February 1, 1815 - Senior Adjutant Lieutenant. In the same period, he added the title “de Damremont” to his last name [3] .
During the Hundred Days, Marshal Marmont fled after the king as the military head of the royal house in Ghent , Damremont followed him [3] .
During the Second Restoration, the 6th company of royal bodyguards was liquidated, and on October 11, 1815, Damremont was placed at the head of the legion in Côte d'Or [1] [3] .
April 25, 1821 received the rank of camp marshal , in 1823 he commanded the 5th Corps of the Iberian Army [1] .
From 1823 to 1829 he successively held the posts of inspector of infantry , a member of the shunting revision commission and attache at the Extraordinary Embassy in Russia [1] at the coronation of Nicholas I (Marshal Marmont was the French ambassador).
February 21, 1830 one of the first sent as part of the expeditionary force in Algeria , where he commanded an infantry brigade. On December 13 of the same year, Damremont received the rank of lieutenant general. There, in Algeria, Damremont was also during the July Revolution , after which his long-term boss, Marshal Marmont, the Duke of Ragusa fled the country. Returning to France, on February 6, 1832 he was appointed to command the 8th Army Division [4] [3] .
On February 12, 1837 he was appointed Governor-General of the French colonies in North Africa. The first task was to resume the campaign against Constantine (the previous shooter was a fiasco), for which by mid-August he concentrated in the city of Bon a small ( 13,000 people ), but well-equipped detachment with a siege park (17 guns). He spoke on October 1 and on the 6th approached Constantine . Immediately upon arrival, the construction of siege batteries began. On October 7, the garrison made 2 sorties simultaneously, but was repelled. On October 12, part of the city wall collapsed. Damremont invited the defenders of the fortress to surrender, but they refused. On the same day, when visiting the breach, General Damremont was killed by a cannonball [5] [6] .
The general left a widow and two children [5] .
By order of King Louis Philippe, the remains of General Damremont were buried in Paris at the Invalides House [5] . For the first time, a magnificent requiem , written by Hector Berlioz [7], sounded at the burial.
Rewards
- Cavalier of the Order of the Legion of Honor - September 23, 1809 [8]
- Officer of the Legion of Honor - November 19, 1813 [8]
- Cavalier of the Order of St. Louis - July 1, 1814 [3]
- Commander of the Legion of Honor - August 23, 1814 [8]
- Great officer of the Order of the Legion of Honor - September 15, 1827 [5] [8]
- Peer of France - September 15, 1835 [5]
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 Mullié, 1852 , p. 346.
- ↑ 1 2 3 Sarrut, Saint-Edme, 1835 , p. 42.
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 Sarrut, Saint-Edme, 1835 , p. 43.
- ↑ Mullié, 1852 , p. 346—347.
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 Mullié, 1852 , p. 347.
- ↑ Sytin, 1911 , p. 325.
- ↑ Riemann, 1904 , p. 111-112.
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Base Léonore .
Literature
- Charles Mullié. Damrémont // Biographie des célébrités militaires des armées de terre et de mer de 1789 à 1850 . - Poignavant et Compagnie, 1852. - T. Tome I. - P. 346—347. - 1179 p.
- Germain Sarrut, B. Saint-Edme. Denys de Damrémont // Biographie des hommes du jour: industriels, conseillers-d'État, artistes, chambellans, députés, prêtres, militaires, écrivains, rois, diplomates, pairs, gens de justice, princes, espions fameux, savans . - Paris: Henri Krabe, 1835. - T. Tome I. - P. 42-43. - 382 p.
- LH / 734/59: Denys de Damrémont, Charles-Marie (Fr.) . Base Léonore . Date of appeal October 31, 2017.
- Hugo Riemann . Berlioz (Berlioz), Hector // Music Dictionary of Riemann / trans. Yu. D. Engel . - Moscow: Music Publisher P.I. Jurgenson, 1904. - T. Volume I. - P. 111-112. - 480 p.
- Regiments. G. I. Cartazzi and prof. N.L. Treasure. Algerian expeditions // Military Encyclopedia . - St. Petersburg: Publishing Partnership of I. D. Sytin, 1911. - T. Volume 2. - S. 321—328. - 654 s.