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See also:FRANCESCHI, See also:JEAN See also:BAPTISTE, See also:BARON (1766-1813) , See also:French See also:general, was See also:born at See also:Bastia on the 5th of See also:December 1766 and entered the French service in 1793. He took See also:part in the operations in See also:Corsica in the following See also:year, and received a See also:wound at the See also:siege of See also:San Fiorenzo. After this he See also:left the See also:island and was appointed a See also:- FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
- FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
- FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
- FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
- FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
- FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
- FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
- FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
- FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
- FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
- FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)
field officer in the French See also:Army of See also:Italy, with which he served from 1795 to 1799. He served as a general officer in the See also:campaign of See also:Marengo, in the See also:Naples campaign of 1805-1806., and in the See also:Peninsular See also:War from 1807 to 1809. He was created a baron by See also:Napoleon. He commanded a Neapolitan See also:brigade in the See also:Russian War of 1812, and after the See also:retreat from See also:Moscow took See also:refuge, with the remnant of his command, in See also:Danzig, where in the course of the siege of 1813 he died on the 19th of See also:March.
Two other generals of brigade in Napoleon's See also:wars See also:bore the name of Franceschi, and the three have often been mistaken for each other. The first was born at See also:Lyons, JEAN BAPTISTE See also:MARIE FRANCESCIII-DELONNE (1767-1810), who served throughout the Revolutionary campaign on the See also:Rhine, took part in the campaign of See also:Zurich in 1799, and distinguished himself very greatly by his See also:- ESCAPE (in mid. Eng. eschape or escape, from the O. Fr. eschapper, modern echapper, and escaper, low Lat. escapium, from ex, out of, and cappa, cape, cloak; cf. for the sense development the Gr. iichueoOat, literally to put off one's clothes, hence to sli
escape from, and subsequent return to, See also:Genoa, when in 1800 See also:Massena was closely besieged in that See also:city. He became a See also:cavalry See also:colonel in 1803, was promoted general of brigade on the field of See also:Austerlitz, and served in See also:southern Italy and in See also:Spain on the See also:staff of 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 See also:Joseph See also:Bonaparte. During the Peninsular War he won See also:great distinction as a cavalry general, and in 1810 Napoleon made him a baron. At this 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 he was a prisoner in the hands of the Spaniards, into whose hands he had fallen while bearing important despatches during the campaign of Talavera. He was harshly treated by his captors, and died at Carthagena on the 23rd of See also:October 181o. The second, was See also:FRANCOIS FRANCESCHI-LOSIO (1770-1810), born at See also:Milan, who entered the French Revolutionary army in 1795, He served through the See also:Italian campaign of 1796-97, and subsequently, like Franceschi-Delonne, with Massena at Zurich and at Genoa, and at the headquarters of King Joseph in Italy and Spain. He was killed in a See also:duel by the Neapolitan colonel See also:Filangieri in 1810.
End of Article: FRANCESCHI, JEAN BAPTISTE, BARON (1766-1813)
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