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PAJOL, CLAUDE PIERRE, COUNT (1772—1844)

PAJOL, See also:
CLAUDE, JEAN (1619-1687)
CLAUDE See also:
PIERRE
PIERRE, See also:
COUNT (Lat. comes, gen. comitis, Fr. comte, Ital. conte, Span. conde)
COUNT (1772—1844) , See also:

French See also:

CAVALRY (Fr. cavalerie, Ger. Kavallerie or Reiterei, derived ultimately from late Lat. caballus, horse)

cavalry See also:

general, was See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

BESANCON

Besancon. 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, he was intended to follow his See also:

FATHER

father's profession, but the events of 1789 turned his mind in another direction. Joining the See also:

BATTALION

battalion of Besancon, he took See also:

PART

part in the See also:

POLITICAL

political events of that See also:

YEAR

year, and in 1791 went to the See also:

army of the Upper See also:

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

Rhine with a volunteer battalion. He took part in the See also:

CAMPAIGN

campaign of 1792 and was one of the stormers at See also:

HOCHHEIM

Hochheim (1793). From See also:

CUSTINE, ADAM PHILIPPE, COMTE DE (1740-1793)

Custine's See also:

STAFF (O. Eng. staef, cf. Du. staf, Ger. Stab, &c.; Icel. stafr meant also a written letter, and O. Eng. stafas, the letters of the alphabet; " stave," one of the thin pieces of wood of which a cask is made, is a doublet)

staff he was transferred to that of Kleber, with whom he took part in the Sambre and Rhine See also:

CAMPAIGNS

Campaigns (1794—96). After serving with See also:

HOCHE, LAZARE (1768-1797)

Hoche and See also:

MASSENA, ANDRE, or ANDREA

Massena in See also:

Germany and Switzer-See also:

LAND

land (1797—99), Pajol took a cavalry command under See also:

Moreau for the campaign on the upper Rhine. In the See also:

SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short years of See also:

peace Pajol, now See also:

COLONEL (derived either from Lat. column, Fr. colonne, column, or Lat. corona, a crown)

colonel, was successively See also:

ENVOY (Fr. envoye, " sent ")

envoy to the Batavian See also:

REPUBLIC (Lat. respublica, a commonweal or common-wealth)

Republic, and delegate at See also:

NAPOLEON

Napoleon's See also:

CORONATION (Lat. corona, crown)

coronation. In 1805, the See also:

EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor employed him with the See also:

LIGHT

light cavalry. He distinguished himself at See also:

AUSTERLITZ (Czech Slavkov)

Austerlitz, and, after serving for a short See also:

time in See also:

Italy, he rejoined the grande armee as a 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 time to take part in the campaign of See also:

FRIEDLAND

Friedland. Next year (18o8) he was made a See also:

baron of the See also:

EMPIRE

Empire. In 1809 he served on the See also:

DANUBE (Ger. Donau, Hungarian Duna, Rumanian Dunarea, Lat. Danubius or Danuvius, and in the lower part of its course Ister)

Danube, and in the See also:

RUSSIAN

Russian See also:

War of 1812 led a See also:

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

division, and afterwards a See also:

CORPS (pronounced as in French, from which it is taken, being a late spelling of tors, from Lat. corpus, a body; cf. " corpse ")

corps, of cavalry. He survived the See also:

RETREAT (O. Fr. retrete, mod. retraite, from Lat. retrahere, to draw back)

retreat, but his See also:

HEALTH

health was so broken that he retired to his native See also:

TOWN

town of Besancon for a time.

He was back again in active service, however, in time to be See also:

PRESENT

present at See also:

DRESDEN

Dresden, at which See also:

BATTLE

battle he played a conspicuous part. In 1814 he commanded a corps of all arms in the See also:

Seine Valley. On the fall of Napoleon, Pajol gave in his See also:

ADHESION (from Lat. adhaerere, to adhere)

adhesion to the Restoration See also:

government, but he rejoined his old See also:

MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master immediately upon his return to See also:

France. His (I) corps of cavalry played a prominent part in the campaign of 1815, both at Ligny and in the advance on the See also:

WAVRE

Wavre under See also:

GROUCHY, EMMANUEL, MARQUIS DE (1766-1847)

Grouchy. On receiving the See also:

NEWS

news of See also:

WATERLOO

Waterloo, Pajol disengaged his command, and by a skilful retreat brought it safe and unbeaten to See also:

Paris. There he and his men played an active part in the actions which ended the war. The Bourbons, on their return, dismissed him, though this treatment was not, compared to that meted out to See also:

NEY, MICHEL

Ney and others, excessively harsh. In 183o he took part in the overthrow of See also:

Charles X. He suppressed, sternly and vigorously, emeutes in Paris in 1831 and 1832, 1834 and 1839. A general, and a peer of France, he was put on the retired See also:

list in 1842, and died two years later. His son, Count CHARLES See also:

PAUL See also:

VICTOR PAJOL (182I-1891), entered the army and had reached the See also:

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

rank of general of division when he was involved in the See also:

CATASTROPHE (Gr. Karaurpoch, from KaraQrp4ecv, to over-turn)

catastrophe of See also:

METZ

Metz (187o). He retired in 1877.

Besides being a See also:

GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good soldier, he was a sculptor of some merit, who executed statues of his father and of Napoleon, and he wrote a See also:

LIFE

life of his father and a See also:

HISTORY

history of the See also:

WARS

wars under See also:

Louis XV. (Paris 1881—1891). See Count C. P. V. Pajol: Pajol general en chef (Paris, 1874); See also:

Thomas, See also:

Les Grands cavaliers du premier empire (Paris, 1892) ; and Choppin, in the See also:

Journal See also:

des sciences militaires (189o).

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