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ALEXANDRE, NOEL (NATALIS ALEXANDER) (1639-1724)
ALEXANDRE See also:
ANTOINE, ANDRE (1858- )
ANTOINE HUREAU DE (r769-181o) , See also:

French 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 See also:

general, was See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

STRASSBURG, or STRASBURG (French Strasbourg)

Strassburg, and educated at the See also:

METZ

Metz school for engineer and artillery cadets. In 1785 he was commissioned in the artillery, in which he served as a regimental officer for fifteen years. In 1800 he won greatcredit both by his exertions in bringing the artillery of the See also:

Army of Reserve over the See also:

ALPS

Alps and by his handling of guns in the See also:

BATTLE

battle of See also:

MARENGO

Marengo. In ,8o6, 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, and See also:

COMMANDER

commander of the artillery of an army 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, he took See also:

PART

part in the See also:

JENA

Jena and See also:

EYLAU (Preussisch-Eylau)

Eylau See also:

CAMPAIGNS

campaigns. But he is remembered chiefly in connexion with the " caseshot attack " which was the central feature of See also:

NAPOLEON

Napoleon's matured See also:

TACTICAL

tactical. See also:

SYSTEM

system, and which Senarmont put into See also:

EXECUTION (from Lat. ex-sequor, exsecutus, follow or carry out)

execution for the first See also:

time at See also:

FRIEDLAND

Friedland (q.v.). For this feat he was made a See also:

baron, and in 18o8 he was promoted general of See also:

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

division by Napoleon on the See also:

field of battle in front of See also:

MADRID

Madrid. He was killed at the See also:

SIEGE (0. Fr. sege, siege, mod. siege, seat, ultimately from sedere, to sit, cf. Class. Lat. obsidium, a siege)

siege of See also:

Cadiz on the 26th of See also:

OCTOBER

October 181o.

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