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Villeneuve rallied the fleeing infantry. The French grenadiers became discouraged and abandoned their ranks. Duhesme, wounded by two shots, knelt down to support himself, presented the point of his saber to the fugitives, and managed to restore order and gain some advantage over
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of allowing plundering and other transgressions, he was recalled in disgrace. The general came to Paris to justify himself, but was ordered to leave the capital immediately. He obeyed and went to Rouen. After lengthy investigations had shown the accusations to be unfounded, Duhesme was given the
576:. After he persuaded the Spanish governor to admit a convoy of sick Frenchmen, his fully armed grenadiers leapt from their stretchers and captured the castle. Later, he successfully defended the city against a Spanish blockade. In 1810, after accusations by
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Duhesme's death: "The general of the Young Guard, Duhesme, nabbed at the door of an inn in Genappe, handed over his sword to a hussar of Death, who took the sword and killed the prisoner. Victory was completed by the assassination of the
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An incident is recorded in contemporary accounts as indicative of the
Brunswickers' attitude during the Battle of Waterloo. General Duhesme who was then commanding the French rearguard was standing by the gate of an inn in
372:. Napoleon wrote that "he was a fearless soldier, covered with wounds and of the greatest bravery, an accomplished general, who always stood firm in good and bad fortune". Duhesme is widely regarded as one of the greatest
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September 19, 1801. He became President of the Saône-et-Loire electoral college on November 7, 1803 and a decree of Napoleon made him a
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Waterloo and captured in Genappe where he was cared for by Prussian surgeons until he died during the night of 19/20 June.
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seeing that he was a general officer rode up to him. Duhesme requested quarter, the hussar declined and cut him down with his sabre commenting that "You slew the
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the day before yesterday and thou also shalt bite the dust". This account of the death of
Duhesme was also propagated in the histories based on Napoleon's,
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873:"Bataille de Waterloo : le général Duhesme, vraiment assassiné?"
801:(Historical Essay on Light Infantry) (Lyon 1806; 3. Aufl., Par. 1864)
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at his side. He was the last French general to die in the
659:. He fought heroically at the head of this elite troop at
507:'s Austrian army at Marengo, Duhesme's corps defended the
499:. After a brilliant campaign that included the capture of
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Charles Guillaume Eugène (1799-1842), 2nd Count Duhesme,
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French military personnel killed in the Napoleonic Wars
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Cercle d'histoire et d'archéologie du pays de Genappe.
404:, which he raised by his own means. As commander at
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915:. Barnsley, South Yorkshire, UK: Pen & Sword.
754:Anne Madeleine Isaure (1804-1869), married to the
436:He also contributed greatly to the victory at the
655:and commander of the Young Guard Division of the
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751:Guillaume Jean Marie Gaston, 3rd Count Duhesme.
568:. He distinguished himself in the capture of
541:In 1805, he commanded the 4th division under
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1040:Names inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe
857:Histoire de la campagne de 1815: Waterloo
1000:French commanders of the Napoleonic Wars
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871:Cruysen, Yves Vander (9 December 2023).
555:Précis historique de l'infanterie légère
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429:the enemy, for which action he was made
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854:Charras, Jean Baptiste Adolphe (1863).
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309:Guillaume Philibert, 1st Count Duhesme
824:Many streets, monuments and lakes in
767:Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour
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464:. In 1798 he was given a command in
384:Duhesme was born in a family of the
332:, killed on the 20th June 1815 near
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663:and on June 18, 1815, at the
440:on 26 July 1794 and besieged
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237:War of the Fourth Coalition
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42:Guillaume Philibert Duhesme
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673:Field Marshal Blücher
633:Knight of Saint Louis
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175:French First Republic
162:Kingdom of the French
80:Le Général Baïonnette
683:Account of his death
476:and took control of
420:after the defeat at
392:. He studied law in
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629:Bourbon Restoration
609:Count of the Empire
400:of a free corps by
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66:Battle of Diersheim
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37:General of Division
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735:, aide-de-camp of
665:Battle of Waterloo
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497:Louis Henri Loison
207:Service years
701:Duke of Brunswick
694:Black Brunswicker
551:Kingdom of Naples
431:brigadier general
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597:La Rothière
545:during the
470:Championnet
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348:during the
201:French Army
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883:9 December
758:of Sarrieu
509:Po valley.
442:Maastricht
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380:Revolution
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91:1766-07-07
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326:Bourgneuf
295:Signature
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962:Duhesme.
933:(1966).
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756:Marquess
625:Napoleon
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478:Calabria
406:Roermond
374:infantry
362:Governor
334:Waterloo
330:Burgundy
322:Mercurey
118:Waterloo
100:, France
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711:'s and
692:when a
690:Genappe
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615:of the
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535:Belgium
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398:colonel
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258:†
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723:Family
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