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JOUBERT, See also:
BARTHELEMY
BARTHELEMY, ANATOLE
BARTHELEMY, AUGUSTE MARSEILLE (1796–1867)
BARTHELEMY, FRANCOIS, MARQUIS DE (1747 or 1750-1830)
BARTHELEMY, JEAN JACQUES (1716–1795)
BARTHELEMY See also:
CATHERINE
CATHERINE, SAINT
CATHERINE (1769–1799) , See also:

French See also:

general, the son of an See also:

ADVOCATE (Lat. advocatus, from advocare, to summon, especially in law to call in the aid of a counsel or witness, and so generally to summon to one's assistance)

advocate, was See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

PONT (or KYLPONT), ROBERT (1524–1606)

Pont de See also:

VAUX, CALVERT (1824-1895)

Vaux (See also:

Ain) on the 14th of See also:

APRIL

April 1769. In 1784 he ran away from school to enlist in the See also:

ARTILLERY (the O. Fr. artiller, to equip with engines of war, probably comes from Late Lat. articulum, dim. of ars, art, cf. " engine " from ingenium, or of artus, joint)

artillery, but was brought back and sent to study See also:

law at See also:

Lyons and See also:

DIJON

Dijon. In 1791 he joined the See also:

VOLUNTEERS

volunteers of the Ain, and was elected by his comrades successively See also:

CORPORAL

corporal and sergeant. In See also:

JANUARY

January 1792 he became sub-See also:

LIEUTENANT

lieutenant, and in See also:

NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November lieutenant, having in the meantime made his first See also:

CAMPAIGN

campaign with the See also:

army of See also:

Italy. In 1793 he distinguished himself by the brilliant See also:

defence of a See also:

REDOUBT (Fr. redoute, from Med. Lat. reductus, a place of retreat, refuge, reducere, lead back, retire; the intrusive b is due to the O. Fr. redoubter, to fear, Lat. dubitare, to doubt)

redoubt at the See also:

Col di Tenda, with only See also:

THIRTY

thirty men against a See also:

BATTALION

battalion of the enemy. Wounded and made prisoner in this affair, Joubert was released on See also:

PAROLE (shortened from the Fr. parole d'honneur, word of honour)

parole by the See also:

AUSTRIAN

Austrian See also:

COMMANDER

commander-in-See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief, Devins, soon afterwards. In 1794 he was again actively engaged, and in 1795 he rendered such conspicuous service as to be made general of See also:

BRIGADE (Fr. and Ger. brigade, Ital. brigata, Span. brigada; the English use of the word dates from the early 17th century)

brigade. In the campaign of 1796 the See also:

young general commanded a brigade under See also:

AUGEREAU, PIERRE FRANCOIS CHARLES

Augereau, and soon attracted the See also:

SPECIAL

special See also:

ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention of See also:

BONAPARTE

Bonaparte, who caused him to be made a general of See also:

DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division in See also:

DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December, and repeatedly selected him for the command of important detachments. Thus he was in See also:

charge of the retaining force at the See also:

BATTLE

battle of Rivoli, and in the campaign of 1799 (invasion of See also:

Austria) he commanded the detached See also:

LEFT

left wing of Bonaparte's army in See also:

TIROL (or TYROL 1)

Tirol, and fought his way through the mountains to rejoin his chief in See also:

STYRIA (German, Steiermark or Steyermark)

Styria. He subsequently held various commands in See also:

Holland, on the See also:

RHINE (Lat. Rhenus, Ger. Rhein, Fr. Rhin, Dutch Rhyn, or Rijn)

Rhine and in Italy, where up to January 1999 he commanded in chief. Resigning the See also:

POST

post in consequence of a dispute with the See also:

CIVIL

civil authorities, Joubert returned to See also:

France and married (See also:

JUNE

June) Mlle de See also:

MONTHOLON, CHARLES TRISTAN, MARQUIS DE (1782-1853)

Montholon. But he was almost immediately summoned to the See also:

field again.

He took over the command in Italy from See also:

Moreau about the See also:

MIDDLE

middle of See also:

JULY

July, but he persuaded his predecessor to remain at the front and was largely guided by his See also:

ADVICE (Fr. avis, from Lat. ad, to, and visum, viewed)

advice. The odds against the French troops in the disastrous campaign of 1799 (see FRENCH REVOLUTIONARY See also:

WARS

WARS) were too heavy. Joubert and Moreau were quickly compelled to give battle by their See also:

GREAT

great antagonist Suvorov. The battle of Novi was disastrous to the French arms, not merely because it was a defeat, but above all because Joubert himself was amongst the first to fall (Aug. 15, 1799). Joubert died before it could be shown whether his See also:

GENIUS (from Lat. genere, gignere)

genius was of the first See also:

RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank, but he was at any See also:

RATE

rate marked out as a future great See also:

CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

captain by the greatest captain of all ages, and his countrymen intuitively associated him with See also:

HOCHE, LAZARE (1768-1797)

Hoche and Marceau as a great See also:

LEADER, BENJAMIN WILLIAMS (1831– )

leader whose See also:

early See also:

DEATH

death disappointed their highest hopes. After the battle his remains were brought to See also:

TOULON

Toulon and buried in Fort La Malgue, and the revolutionary See also:

government paid See also:

TRIBUTE (Lat. tributurn, a stated payment, contribution)

tribute to his memory by a ceremony of public See also:

MOURNING (from the verb " to mourn," to be sorrowful, 0. Eng. murnan; cf. O.H.G. mornen, Goth. maurnan, to be anxious, O.N. morna, to pine away; by some referred to root seen in Gr. jdptpva, sorrow, by others to root mer-, to die)

mourning (See also:

SEPT

Sept. 16). A See also:

MONUMENT (Lat. monumentum or monumentum; from monere, to advise, bring to mind, remind; the German equivalent is Denkmal)

monument to Joubert at Bourg was razed by See also:

order of See also:

Louis XVIII., but another memorial was afterwards erected at Pont de Vaux. See See also:

GUILBERT, YVETTE (1869— )

Guilbert, See also:

NOTICE

Notice sur la See also:

vie de B. C. Joubert; Chevrier, Le General Joubert d'apres sa correspondance (2nd ed.

1884).

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