Henriot, Jean-Francois

Anrio came from a family of the middle nobility of the Duchy of Savoy. He was the son of Jean-Francois Henriod ( fr. Jean-François Henriod ) and Michelle Bürten ( fr. Michelle Burtin ). He began military service on October 12, 1782 as a simple soldier in the Berwick Regiment. With the beginning of the Revolution, he began to quickly move up the ranks, and on July 7, 1794 he was promoted to commander of the battalion of the 10th semi-brigade of infantry.

During the retreat from Mainz in 1796, when his battalion covered up the retreat of the Renault division in the gorge near Trippstadt, he was surrounded by three battalions of Austrian grenadiers and an emigrant corps. Anrio immediately formed his people in a tight column and deployed a mass of shooters against the enemy who attacked him on all counts. Turning around and collecting his shooters, he attacked the center of the Austrian battalions, threw all those who blocked his passage, captured 156 people and joined the division in Kayskop, which attacked the Austrians from the rear.

In the same year he participated in the siege of Kehl, where he was wounded on November 22, 1796. In 1797, during the great retreat of the Rhine army , Anrio, with a corps of 3,000 people, entrusted to him by the generals Moreau and Dese , skillfully opposed the Austrian General Neuendorf, who had 25,000 under arms. For six days, without suffering any serious losses, Anrio intercepted all the enemy’s communication with the inhabitants, sent spies and pursued him day and night in the wooded and rocky positions that he held in Triberg and Hornberg.

January 8, 1799 was transferred to the 65th semi-brigade of infantry. January 8, 1803 - to the 108th semi-brigade. December 22, 1803 he was promoted to majors, and became deputy commander of the 100th regiment of infantry. As part of the division, Gazana took part in the Austrian campaign of 1805. He became famous for his skillful and brave actions in the battle of Durenstein on November 11, where he saved the division from complete defeat. During the battle, two horses were killed under him. The next day, Marshal Mortier , who commanded the French in this battle, introduced Major Adjutant Napoleon , who arrived to assess the situation.

December 30, 1806 received the rank of colonel, and replaced at the head of the 14th regiment of the line infantry killed Colonel Savary under Płock. The 14th Line was part of the Desjardins Infantry Division of the 7th Army Corps . Anrio again proved himself at the Battle of Eilau, where his regiment was the only one from the 7th Corps who was able to break through the first line of the Russians. However, having no support and being seriously injured, he began a retreat and turned his regiment in a square. All Russian attacks were repelled, but his regiment suffered serious losses: 28 officers, 590 non-commissioned officers and soldiers were killed and 700 wounded. February 21, after the dissolution of the 7th Corps and its divisions, the 14th Line was included in the Saint-Hilaire Infantry Division of the 4th Army Corps . On June 10, at the Battle of Heilsberg, he was wounded in the thigh.

In 1808, he was sent to Spain with a regiment, where he fought until 1814. November 23, 1808 under Tudela, he threw the left flank of the enemy. He then participated in the siege of Zaragoza, during which he was wounded. By August 1809, he had beaten and chased for two months, from village to village, General Villa Kampu, who had finally taken refuge in a monastery near Trendad, in the middle of the Castile mountain range. This monastery, built on top of a mountain and surrounded by natural obstacles, was considered impregnable; Villa Kampa united under his command 5,000 soldiers and a large number of peasants. On November 13, Colonel Anrio left Daroku, fifteen leagues from Trendad, at the head of the 14th line, 13th cuirassier, four elite companies and a battalion of the 2nd Vistula regiment, accompanied by two guns and a howitzer. Arriving on the 25th at the foot of Mount Trendad, he attacked the enemy, and after eight hours of fierce fighting, he captured and burned the monastery. Spanish positions were taken with a bayonet attack, despite the natural obstacles that contributed to the defense.

July 3, 1810 was promoted to brigadier general. Since 1810 he was governor of Lleida . He fought as part of the Aragon army Suchet . He earned praise for the Emperor for his actions at the Battle of Tenega on January 13, 1811, and for the defense of Lleida in 1812. He left Spain on June 28, 1813 due to health problems, and on July 26 he retired.

Upon his return from the island of Elba, the Emperor called on Henriot to serve and appointed him June 12, 1815 as commandant of Le Kenois . However, the general’s poor health and Napoleon’s defeat in Belgium on June 18 did not give him time to take office. October 6, 1815 finally retired.

• Corporal (September 9, 1783);
• Sergeant-Fourier (January 21, 1784);
• Senior Sergeant (July 24, 1791);
• Junior Lieutenant (September 7, 1791);
• Lieutenant (November 15, 1792);
• Captain of the headquarters (July 5, 1793);
• Battalion commander (July 7, 1794);
• Major (December 22, 1803);
• Colonel (December 30, 1806);
• Brigadier General (July 3, 1810).

• Baron Henriot and the Empire ( French: Baron Henriod et de l'Empire ; Decree of March 19, 1808, patent confirmed March 18, 1809) ^[1] .

  Legionnaire of the Legion of Honor (March 25, 1804)

  Officer of the Legion of Honor (December 26, 1805)

  Commander of the Legion of Honor (July 21, 1808)

  Cavalier of the Military Order of St. Louis (January 17, 1815)

• Jean-François Henriod, dans Charles Mullié, Biographie des célébrités militaires des armées de terre et de mer de 1789 à 1850, 1850, 1852.
• André Folliet, Revolution française: Les volontaires de la Savoie, 1792-1799, Baudoin, 1887, 389 p., P. 354.
• Georges Six, Dictionnaire biographique des généraux & amiraux français de la Révolution et de l'Empire (1792-1814), Paris: Librairie G. Saffroy, 1934, 2 vol., P. 569.

• General information on base Léonore