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See also:ROCHAMBEAU, See also:JEAN See also:BAPTISTE DONATIEN DE VIMEUR, See also:COMTE DE (1725-1807) , See also:French soldier, was See also:born at See also:Vendome (Loir-et-See also:Cher) on the 1st of See also:July 1725. He was originally destined for the See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church and was brought up at the Jesuit See also:college at See also:Blois, but after the See also:death of his See also:elder See also:brother he entered a See also:cavalry See also:regiment, served in Bohemia and See also:Bavaria and on the See also:Rhine, and in 1747 had attained the See also:rank of See also:colonel He took See also:part in the See also:siege of Maestricht in 1748, became See also:governor of Vendome in 1749, and after distinguishing himself in 1756 in the See also:Minorca expedition was promoted brigadier of See also:infantry. In 1757 and 1758 he fought in See also:Germany, notably at See also:Crefeld, received several wounds in the See also:battle of Clostercamp (176o), was appointed marechal de See also:camp in 1761 and inspector of cavalry and was frequently consulted by the ministers on technical points. In 178o he was sent, with the rank of See also:lieutenant-See also:general, in command of 6000 French troops to help the See also:American colonists under See also:Washington against the See also:English. He landed at See also:Newport, Rhode See also:Island, on the Toth of July, but was held here inactive for a See also:year, owing to his reluctance to abandon the French See also:fleet, which was blockaded by the See also:British in See also:Narragansett See also:Bay. At last, in July 1781, Rochambeau's force was able to leave Rhode Island and, marching across See also:Connecticut, joined Washington on the See also:Hudson. Then followed the celebrated See also:march of the combined forces to See also:York-See also:town, where on the 22nd of See also:September they formed a junction with the troops of See also:Lafayette; as the result See also:Cornwallis was forced to surrender on the 19th of See also:October. Throughout, Rochambeau had displayed an admirable spirit, placing himself entirely under Washington's command and handling his troops as part of the American See also:army. In recognition of his services, See also:Congress voted him and his troops the thanks of the nation and presented him with two See also:cannon taken from the English. These guns, which Rochambeau took back to Vendome, were requisitioned in 1792. On his return to See also:France he was loaded with favours by 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 was made governor of See also:Picardy. During the Revolution he commanded the Army of the See also:North in 1790, but resigned in 1792. He was arrested during the Terror, and narrowly escaped the See also:guillotine. He was subsequently pensioned by See also:Bonaparte, and died at Thore (See also:Loin et-Cher) on the loth of May 1807.
A statue of Rochambeau by See also:Ferdinand See also:Hamar, the See also:gift of France to the See also:United States, was unveiled in Lafayette Square, Washington, by See also:President See also:Roosevelt on the 24th of May 1go2. The ceremony was made the occasion of a See also:great demonstration of friendship between the two nations. France was represented by her See also:ambassador, M. See also:Cambon, See also:Admiral See also:Fournier and General Brugere, a detachment of sailors and See also:marines from the warship " Gaulois " being See also:present. Representatives of the Lafayette and Rochambeau families also attended. Of the many speeches perhaps the most striking was that of Senator See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry C. See also:Lodge, who, curiously enough in the circumstances, prefaced his eloquent appreciation of the services rendered to the American cause by France by a brilliant See also:sketch of the way in which the French had been driven out of North See also:America by See also:England and her colonists combined. General Brugere, in his speech, quoted Rochambeau's words, uttered in 1781: "'Entre See also:vous,
entre nous, a la See also:vie, a la mort." A "Rochambeau fete " was held simultaneously in See also:Paris.
The Memoires militaires, historiques et politiques, de Rochambeau were published by Luce de Lancival in 1809. Of the first See also:volume a part, translated into English by M. W. E. See also:Wright, was published in 1838 under the See also:title of See also:Memoirs of the See also:Marshal See also:Count de R. relative to the See also:War of See also:Independence in the United States. Rochambeau's See also:correspondence during the American See also:campaign is published in H. Doniol, Hist. de la participation de la France d l'etablissement See also:des hats Unis d'Amerique, vol. v. (Paris, 1892). See See also:Duchesne, " Autour de Rochambeau " in the Revue des faculles catholiques de l'ouest (1898-1900); E. Gachot, " Rochambeau in the Nouvelle Revue (1902) ; H. de Ganniers, " La Derniere Campagne du marechal de Rochambeau " in the Revue des questions historiques (1901).
End of Article: ROCHAMBEAU, JEAN BAPTISTE DONATIEN DE VIMEUR, COMTE DE (1725-1807)
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