Jean Deaf Joseph Baptist

Jean Deaf Joseph Baptist , general French, born with Signs (VAr) the June 26th 1775.

It had left at 17 years with the volunteers his department.

In an exit of the garrison of Genoa, Andre Masséna, wrapped riders Austrian S, was released by the young volunteer whom it placed like marshal-of-home in the Guides of the Armée with Italy.

With the peace of 1801, Sourd counted already eleven campaigns and two wounds.

In 1803, it passed to the 7^e hunters as second lieutenant. Two blows of bayonet which it accepted with Iéna were worth him the rank of lieutenant. To Eylau, it fell covered from blows of saber to the capacity of the Russians.

Returned with its regiment, after ten months of captivity, Sourd took share with the countryside of Wagram, where it was made captain and legionary. In 1812, it entered in Russia as major, and removed, the October 18th, below Polotsk, a body of 2.000 Russians. Arrived at Borizow, place indicated for the passage of the army, it crosses the first the river with the stroke, under the eyes of Napoleon, with the head of the 7^e hunters, each one of its riders having an acrobat in croup; and, during all the retirement, it contained and beat clouds of Cosaque S.

After the armistice, the Emperor being in Dresden gave to Sourd the patent of colonel and the title of baron of the Empire has Leipzig one saw it collapsing in front of him infantry, cavalry, artillery, and to seize fears Gustave-Adolphe.

In the night which preceded the combat by Hanau, Sourd recognized the battle field where Napoleon conferred the cross of officer to him. In the countryside of 1814, it carried out several brilliant loads with the Roadway, contained all the tètes columns of Blücher to the Ferté-sous-Jouarre, and supported the retirement of the army, by receiving its ninth wound.

Deaf person contributed to successes of Grouchy to Field-Aubert, with Montmirail, Vauchamps; several times the infantry of the young Guard released, with Arcis-on-Paddle, and kept the most important avenues, during the retrograde movement of the imperial army.

Then it was thrown as a partisan with 400 horses in Bar-on-Ornain (current Bar-le-Duc), and beat in the streets even this city a considerable Russian body. After the day of the March 30th, it passed the the Seine to Melun to go to Fontainebleau near the Emperor.

The Restauration gave to colonel Sourd the command lancers of the Queen, 2^e regiment, and the Croix of Saint-Louis. With the return of the isle of Elba, Napoleon i complimented it on his bravery at the assembly on the Champ on May, and to the 2^e body Armée with North sent it, where it begin with the day from Fleurus.

To the Battle of Waterloo, charged by the count Lobau with attacking the English infantry in her position in on this side Gennapes, it turns it, collapses it and continues it until on the road of Brussels; but, forced by a counter-order to fold up itself on the point of attack, it crosses Gennapes to the full gallop and rejects the English on Waterloo.

The Révolution of July drew colonel Sourd from the retirement and saw it fighting during the three days. It had mission of organizing the regiment of lancers of Orleans, and it did one of the most beautiful army corps of them of cavalry.

Named Brigadier to the review of the 1^er March 1831, it left not without regret its regiment, to go to take the command of Tarn-et-Garonne, where it accepted, in 1837, the decoration of commander. Still sometimes passed in the section of reserve, in 1831, and put at the retirement in 1848, Sourd left this peaceful life, which had deserved to him its long and hard work, to defend the memory and the name of the large captain to which it devoted, all his life, the fidelity of a soldier without fear and reproach.

The heroic amputee of Waterloo east died in Paris the August 2nd 1849, after having received the good-byes of the president of the Republic, those of Jerome Bonaparte, the general Rullière, minister for the war and his many friends.

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