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See also:BESSITRES, See also:JEAN See also:BAPTISTE , See also:duke of See also:Istria (1768-1813), See also:French See also:marshal, was See also:born near See also:Cahors in 1768. He served for a See also:short See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time in the " Constitutional Guard " of See also:- LOUIS
- LOUIS (804–876)
- LOUIS (893–911)
- LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
- LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian
Louis XVI. and as a non-commissioned officer took See also:part in the See also:war against See also:Spain. In the See also:Army of the Eastern See also:Pyrenees and in the Army of the Moselle he repeatedly distinguished himself for valour, and in 1796, as See also:captain, he served in See also:Bonaparte's See also:Italian See also:campaign. At Roveredo his conduct brought him to his See also:chief's See also:notice, and after Rivoli he was sent to See also:France to deliver the captured See also:colours to the See also:Directory. Hastening back to the front, he accompanied See also:Napoleon in the invasion of See also:Styria in command of the " Guides," who formed the See also:nucleus of the later Consular and Imperial Guard. As chef de See also:brigade he next served in the See also:Egyptian expedition, and won further distinction at See also:Acre and See also:Aboukir. Returning to See also:Europe with Napoleon, he was See also:present at See also:Marengo (1800) as second-in-command of the Consular Guard, and led a brilliant and successful See also:cavalry See also:charge at the See also:close of the See also:day, though its effect on the See also:battle was not as decisive as Napoleon pretended. Promoted See also:general of See also:division in 1802 and marshal of France in 1804, he made the most famous
See also:campaigns of the Grande ArmOe as See also:colonel-general of the Guard Cavalry (1805, 18o6, r8o7). In 1805 he had received the See also:Grand See also:Eagle of the See also:Legion of See also:Honour, and in 1800 was created duke of Istria. With the outbreak of the See also:Peninsular War, Marshal Bessieres had his first opportunity of an See also:independent command, and his crushing victory over the Spaniards at See also:Medina del Rio Seco (18o8) justified Napoleon's choice. When disaster in other parts of the See also:theatre of war called Napoleon himself to the See also:Peninsula, Bessieres continued to give the See also:emperor the very greatest assistance in his campaign. In 1809 he was again with the Grande Armee in the See also:Danube valley. At Essling his repeated and desperate charges checked the Austrians in the full See also:tide of their success. At See also:Wagram he had a See also:horse killed under him. Replacing Bernadotte in the command of the Army of the See also:North, a little later in the same See also:year, the newly-created duke of Istria successfully opposed the See also:British Walcheren expedition, and in 1811 he was back again, in a still more important command, in Spain. As 1\Iassena's second-in-command he was present at the battle of Fuentes d'Onoro, but Napoleon never detached him for very See also:long, and in 1812 he commanded the Guard Cavalry at See also:Borodino and in the See also:retreat from See also:Moscow. Wherever engaged he won further distinction, and at the beginning of the 1813 campaign he was appointed to the command of the whole of Napoleon's cavalry. Three days after the opening of the campaign, while reconnoitring the See also:defile of Poserna-Rippach, Bessieres was killed by a See also:musket-See also:ball. Napoleon, who deeply See also:felt the loss of one of his truest See also:friends and ablest commanders, protected his See also:children, and his eldest son was made a member of the Chamber of Peers by Louis XVIII. As a See also:commander, especially of cavalry, Bessieres See also:left a reputation excelled by very few of Napoleon's marshals, and his dauntless courage and cool See also:judgment made him a safe See also:leader in independent command. He was personally beloved to an extraordinary extent amongst his soldiers, and (unlike most of the French generals of the time) amongst his opponents. It is said that masses were performed for his soul by the priests of insurgent Spain, and the See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king of See also:Saxony raised a See also:monument to his memory.
His younger See also:brother, See also:BERTRAND, See also:BARON BESSIERES (1773-18S5), was a distinguished divisional leader under Napoleon. After serving with a See also:good See also:record in See also:Italy, in See also:Egypt and at Hohenlinden, he had a command in the Grande Armee, and in 18o8 was sent to Spain. He commanded a division in See also:Catalonia and played a notable part at the See also:action of See also:Molina de Rey near See also:Barcelona. Disagreements with his See also:superior, General Duhesme, led to his resignation, but he subsequently served with Napoleon in all the later campaigns of the See also:empire. Placed on the retired See also:list by the Bourbons, his last public See also:act was his See also:defence of the unfortunate See also:Ney. The See also:rest of his long See also:life was spent in retirement.
End of Article: BESSITRES, JEAN BAPTISTE
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