Edmé Nicolas Fiteau

Edmé Nicolas Fiteau , French brigadier general, born with Saint-Leger-the-Small (Expensive).

It entered to the service as enlisted voluntary the 4th regiment of hunters to horse the August 19th 1789, and made, in this quality, the countryside of 1792 to the Armée with the Alps, was named sergeant-furrier the July 15th 1793, and entered with this rank the partisans of the Armée with the Rhine.

It made with this army the wars of 1793 and years II and III. Promoted marshal-of-home the 18 nivôse year II, it was made lieutenant-district-Master the 10 pluviôse according to, and the 6 ventôse, with the head of 4 men, in the wood of Kaiserslautern, it was done day through fifteen riders which closed the procession, and put them in escape. Incorporated as lieutenant in the 7th regiment (a) of hussards 11 meadow of the same year, it was useful with distinction with the Armée with Italy during years IV, V and VI; the 12 meadow year V, close to Valeggio, with a group of 25 men it put in rout two Neapolitan squadrons and made captive the prince Cutto who ordered them.

The 1st ventôse year VI, it was named captain, and embarked with the expeditionary Armée with the East the 25 floréal according to. It took share with the operations of the army in Egypt and Syria during years VI, VII, VIII and IX, and was distinguished especially in a forwarding directed by the general Lagrange, in which it showed the highhest resolution while launching out intrepidly, with ving-cinq hussards only, in the camp of the Mamelouck S, that it put in escape and to which it removed all their luggage.

Named provisional major the 21 vendémiaire year VII, it was still pointed out, the 3 pluviôse according to with C Ombat de Samananhout and in several other meetings with the Arab S and Mamelucks, and was promoted, by the general-in-chief, with the rank of provisional chief of brigade of the 3rd regiment of dragons the 1st vendémiaire year IX. The 19 ventôse according to, it rejoined a group of riflemen which beat a retreat, brought back it to the combat, made at its head several vigorous loads, and made some prisoners. The 21, it supported with a great energy the retirement of the army and boldly charged the riflemen until in the enemy camp. Lastly, the 30 of the same month, with the Battle of Alexandria, the head of its regiment, it collapsed the first line and was wounded of two shots with, right-hand man. Returned in France after the Capitulation of Alexandria, the 3rd regiment of dragons came to hold garrison with Versailles during years X and XI; and belonged to the second reserve of the Armée with the coasts with the Ocean, during years XII and XIII. Confirmed in these the last two ranks by decree of the First Consul, of the 10 vendémiaire year XII, and maintained as colonel with the head of the 3rd dragons, Fiteau was created member and officer of the Légion of honor the 19 frimaire and 25 meadow year XII. It made the campaigns of year XIV and 1806, in Austria and Prussia, with the 1e brigade of the 2nd division of dragons, with the reserve of cavalry of the large army. It was with the Passage of Lech, with the Prise of Wels, the Passage of Traunn and the Bataille of Austerlitz, and everywhere it showed of bravery and capacity.

Created commander of the Legion of honor the 4 nivôse year XIV, in reward of its services, it had to exert the functions of colonel-major as of dragons of the imperial Garde the September 13rd 1806, little time after the creation of this crack corps, in which it served until the March 25th 1809, time to which it was named Brigadier general and ordering 2nd brigade of the 2nd division of cuirassiers (general Saint-Sulpice), with, reserve of cavalry of the Armée with Germany.

Wounded seriously the July 6th according to, with the Battle of Wagram, where it covered glory, the Emperor conferred to him the title of Count de Saint-Étienne, with an equipment. Hardly convalescent, it was called with the command of the Département of Léman (the 7th military division), the August 5th 1810. But the Fiteau general was of a very-weak organization, and the sufferings which its wounds caused to him had still deteriorated its intellectual faculties; in one moment of alienation, it committed suicide out of a blow of gun in its apartment, with Geneva, the December 14th of the same year.

Source

Random links: