BRUNE, GUILLAUME MARIE ANNE (1763-1815)

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BRUNE, GUILLAUME MARIE ANNE (1763-1815) , marshal of France, the son of an advocate, was born at Brives-la-Gaillarde (Correze), on the 13th of March 1763. Before the Revolution he went to Paris to study law, and here he became a political journalist, a Jacobin and a friend of Danton. He was appointed
in 1793 to a superior command in the army direct from civil life, and as a general of brigade he took part in the fighting of the 13th Vendemiaire. In 1796 he fought under Bonaparte in Italy, and was promoted general of division for good service in the field. In r 708 he commanded the French army which occupied Switzer-land, and in the following year he was in command of the French troops in Holland. His defence of Amsterdam against the Anglo-Russian expedition under the duke of

York

YORK
YORK (
HOUSE
- HOUSE
- HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in
  Gothic
  - GOTHIC
  it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)
OF)
YORK, EDMUND OF
LANGLEY
- LANGLEY, SAMUEL PIERPONT (1834-1906)
, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
YORK, EDWARD
YORK, FREDERICK
AUGUSTUS
- AUGUSTUS (a name 1 derived from Lat. augeo, increase, i.e. venerable, majestic, Gr. Ee0avr6s)
, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

was completely successful; the invaders were defeated, and compelled, after a miserable

retreat

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

, to re-embark. He rendered further good service in Vendee and in Italy, and was made a marshal by

Napoleon

NAPOLEON

on the assumption by the latter of the imperial title in 1804. In 1807

Brune

BRUNE, GUILLAUME MARIE ANNE (1763-1815)

held a command in North Germany, but he was not afterwards employed during the First Empire. It is said that he was accused of venality, and on that account disgraced, but of this there is no proof. He was recalled to active service during the Hundred Days, and as

commander

COMMANDER

of the army of the Var he defended the

south

SOUTH
SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

of France against the Austrians. He was murdered by royalists during the White Terror at Avignon on the 2nd of August 1815.
See Notice historique sur la vie politique et militaire du marechal

Brune

BRUNE, GUILLAUME MARIE ANNE (1763-1815)

(Paris, 1821), and Vermeil de Conchard, L'Assassinat du marechal Brune (Paris, 1887).

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