François-Joseph-Augustin Delegorgue is a Brigadier general French. He was born the November 27th 1757 with Arras and died the June 17th 1806, decapitated in the combat.

Biography

Old Mode

Wire of a man of law of Arras, which made him give a distintinguée education, it engaged, the March 5th 1776, in the regiment of Poitou, and became corporal the December 11th 1779. Fact sergeant the February 8th, and Furrier the September 21st 1783, it obtains the June 11th 1786, the rank of quartermaster-sergeant. In this interval, it had been used for edge of the vessel Burgundy , Dorvilliers captain, in 1779.

Wars of the Revolution

The January 28th 1791, it takes on board on the vessel the Apollo , Behague captain, bound for the Martinique, and returns in France the May 16th according to. The September 15th of the same year, it is named second lieutenant of Grenadier S. Lieutenant the June 12th and captain the May 4th 1792, it makes the campaigns of this year and 1793 to the Armée with Sambre-and-Meuse.

He is, the March 18th 1793, with the battles of Neerwinden, where a shot crossed the thigh to him, while with the head of his regiment he removed the village of this name; it is cured this wound, but there remained lame. Named, the 27 pluviôse year II, major, and the 19 fructidor year III chief of the 49e half-brigade, later the 13th, it was at that time invested command of Aire and Bergues. Employed with the Armed with the coasts of Cherbourg, it joined in year IV that of Italy.

Countryside of Italy

It receives a news, but light wound, the 27 germinal year V (April 17th 1797), during the massacre of the French with Vérone.

See also: Easter véronaises

In this day, known as of the Easter véronaises , Delegorgue saved the life with a great number of its compatriots, which was worth to him the congratulations of the general-in-chief Bonaparte, that it accompanied the following year in Egypt.

Countryside of Egypt

Arrived the first at the Marabout, at the time of the unloading of the army, it enters the first also the following day (14 messidor year VI) Alexandria. It is distinguished throughout all the countryside, particularly the 29 ventôse year VIII, with Héliopolis where, on the field of battles-even, Kléber names it Brigadier general, nomination that the First Consul confirmed the 19 fructidor according to. In year IX, it belongs to the division of the general Friant, and was one of the signatories of the Capitulation of Alexandria, after which it returns in France with the remains of the armed with the East.

Wars of the Empire

Member of the Legion of honor the 19 frimaire year XII, and the 25 meadow one ordering of the Order, Delegorgue, which ordered then the department of the Manche, passed, the 6 brumaire year XIV, with the Large army, and in 1806 with the Armée with Italy.

In June of the same year, it was under the orders of the general Marmont, when the 17, close to Raguse, going to' avant-garde, accompanied by few soldiers, it was attacked by a party of Montenegrin S. With the first discharge, it with the crashed to pieces thigh and fall; four of its pomegranates place it on their shoulders etl' carry. The Montenegrins continue them and soon reach them. Delegorgue which admits the inpossibility to escape, engages his/her companions, to give up it, they refuse; but two of them having been wounded: “ do not forget, says to them it, that I am your general; I order to you to deposit me with ground and to move away you. ” the men who had just resisted the prayer of their chief, obeyed his command, and hardly they had left it, which its head, separated from its body, became a trophy of victory for the enemy.

Its name is engraved southern part of the Triumphal arch of the Star.

State of service

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