Tebo, Paul

Born in Berlin, in the family of a professor at the Berlin Military Academy, Dieudonne Thiebo ( fr. Dieudonné Thiébault ; 1733-1807), a close friend of the Prussian king Frederick the Great . After returning to France, the young Thiebo was engaged in administrative work in the field of debt elimination.

On August 20, 1792, he volunteered for the 13th battalion of volunteers in Paris, also called the Butte de Moulins battalion, but in November of the same year he was forced to return home for health reasons. On January 14, 1793 he was appointed Assistant Commissioner of Executive in Tournai. February 22 entered the 1st Horse-Jaeger Regiment. A month later, on March 24, he was promoted to captain of the 2nd Hussar Regiment. Accused of treason after the betrayal of General Dumourier , Tiebo was arrested on April 9, and imprisoned on April 20. Paul managed to prove his innocence, as a result of May 27 he received freedom and June 8 returned to active service with the appointment to the Rhine , then to the Northern Army, participated in the capture of Kenua on August 15, 1794. On October 17, 1794 he was transferred to the 2nd battalion of tyrallers. Since December 27, 1794, by order of General Dumonso, he commanded a battalion of Belgian tyrants during the siege of the fortress of Breda. November 29, 1795 was appointed assistant colonel of staff Solignac in the Italian army.

January 14, 1797 distinguished himself in the battle of Rivoli. November 7, 1797 promoted to battalion commander. He distinguished himself during the storm of Naples in January 1799. For these actions, January 20, 1799 was promoted to colonel of the headquarters. Then he fought at Manfredonia, San Germano and Izola. In June I got a vacation.

January 4, 1800 was determined to be part of the Italian army, where he served in the headquarters. Participated in the defense of Genoa. On April 30, for the successful restoration of Fort Quetstsi, Massena was promoted to brigadier general (approved by Bonaparte in the rank of March 6, 1801). August 9 received a vacation.

Returning to active service, on April 1, 1801, he led the 2nd brigade of the Gironde observational corps in Poitiers . October 3, 1803 he was appointed commandant of the department of the Loiret . January 16, 1804 transferred to the 1st Military District. November 3, 1804 - commandant of the department of the Seine and Oise .

On August 31, 1805 he joined the Great Army , and on September 25 replaced General Doltann as commander of the 2nd Brigade of the 1st Infantry Division, General St. Hilaire, as part of the 4th Army Corps . On December 2, he brilliantly proved himself at the battle of Austerlitz, where he actively supported the troops of General Wandamm in capturing the Pracenes plateau, was wounded in his right arm and shoulder.

On October 23, 1806 he was appointed Governor-General of Fulda . May 23, 1807 he returned to military service, and became commander of the 3rd brigade of the 3rd infantry division of General Guden of the 3rd army corps of Marshal Davout .

On August 27, 1807, he received the post of chief of staff of the 1st observational building of Gironde, General Junot . August 21, 1808 distinguished himself in the battle of Wimeiro. On November 17, 1808, he was promoted to the rank of division general, and on December 15 became chief of staff of the 8th Army Corps Junot of the Spanish Army. From January 17, 1809 he commanded the three Basque provinces, from April to November 15, 1809 he was commandant of the province of Burgos. In February 1810 he received permission to return to France. In May 1810 he returned to Spain, and was appointed governor of Salamanca. From October 28, 1810 to April 1, 1811 he served as chief of staff of the 9th army corps of the Portuguese Army. Since February 1, 1811 he was the governor of Old Castile, Toro, Zamora, Ciudad Rodrigo and Almeida.

September 27, 1811 defeated the Spaniards at Aldea de Ponte. On September 29th, he succeeded in his mission of supplying Ciudad Rodrigo from Salamanca. On January 27, 1812, he received under his command the infantry division of the Northern Army of General Dorsenn .

January 8, 1813 returned to France as a result of a conflict with Commander-in-Chief General Caffarelli . In March 1813 he arrived in Mainz . From June 18 to July 1, he commanded the 3rd Infantry Division as part of the troops of Marshal Davout in Hamburg . From July 1, he commanded the 40th Infantry Division of the 13th Army Corps of the Great Army, and until May 31, 1814 took part in the defense of Hamburg.

September 1, 1814 was designated as a reserve. During the "Hundred Days", Thiebo joined Napoleon, and in June participated in the defense of Paris. In September, he headed the 18th military district in Dijon , but on October 24 was re-enlisted. He retired on January 1, 1825.

He died in Paris on October 13, 1846, and was buried next to his father in the Pere Lachaise cemetery .

In 1895, his memoirs were published, which are a valuable source on the history of the First Empire: they abound in details, his judgments about the great characters of the Empire are often uncompromising.

• Lieutenant (February 22, 1793);
• Captain (March 24, 1793);
• Battalion commander (November 7, 1797);
• Colonel (January 20, 1799, approved February 1, 1799);
• Brigadier General (April 30, 1800, approved March 6, 1801);
• Division General (November 17, 1808).

• Chevalier Thiebo and the Empire ( Fr. chevalier Thiébault et de l'Empire ; patent validated August 15, 1809);
• Baron Thiebo and the Empire ( French: Baron Thiébault et de l'Empire ; Decree of June 30, 1811, patent confirmed on August 12, 1813) ^[1] .

  Legionnaire of the Legion of Honor (December 11, 1803)

  Commander of the Legion of Honor (June 14, 1804)

  Grand Officer of the Legion of Honor (April 24, 1843)

  Cavalier of the Military Order of St. Louis (July 31, 1814)

• Claudio Chiancone, La Padova del 1797 nelle memorie di un ufficiale napoleonico, dans Padova e il suo terriorio, 140, août 2009, p. 12-14 (sur le séjour vénitien de Thiébault en 1797).
• Vicomte Révérend, Armorial du premier empire, tome 4, Honoré Champion, libraire, Paris, 1897, p. 302.

• General information on base Léonore