[Born at Annoux, in Burgundy, 1770. Died in Paris, 1823. Aged 53.]
One of the bravest and ablest of Buonaparte’s lieutenants. Cool and
collected in danger, energetic and methodic in his plans. His troops
were always in better order than those of any other general. Served at
Ulm, Austerlitz, Jena, and Auerstadt, and successfully defended Hamburgh
against the allies. Cruel, rapacious and coarse. His extortions,
oppressions, and murders gained for him the title of the Hamburgh
Robespierre. Upon the fall of Napoleon, he retired from active life.