Louis François Joseph Flayelle

Louis François Joseph Flayelle , baron of Bourdonchamp born the November 29th 1762 with Vendégis with-Wood (Northern), is a French soldier.

After having been used during two years in the national guard as Lille, it followed during three other years a course of mathematics in this city, made some preliminary studies at the School of the genius, and entered this weapon in the capacity as assistant the April 29th 1792; it was with the head office of Lille, with the attacks of the Red Pont, of Warneton and Warvick, on the Lys; with the Seat of the citadel of Antwerp, with the Passage of the Meuse, Wessin, and the Taken of Ruremonde.

Following this countryside, Flayelle was named lieutenant of 1 class the November 28th 1792, and captain of 5th class on January 1st 1793. Charged, in next March, to support the retirement of Dumouriez, he discharged this mission with as much courage than of talent.

Passed with the Armed with the South in year II, it shared the dangers and the deprivations of the troops charged with the Siège with Toulon, was named captain of 4th class the 16 brumaire, and was distinguished the 17 frimaire with the three attacks from fears English, where it led the left-hand column to the head of the hunters of the the Vosges. The 18 pluviôse, it accepted the order to go to Maubeuge, threatened by the enemy, who already had trenched on left bank of the Sambre, where it was reached of one ball to the right leg. The 4 fructidor, it obtained the patent of major. In the course of this countryside, it had been with the seats of Charleroi, Landrecies and the Quesnoy, and with the Prise Valencians, where it ordered the principal attack. Passed to the Armed with Sambre-and-Meuse the 1st vendémiaire year III, it was announced to the Siège of Maestricht, during which it led with its accustomed bravery the Attaque of Wick.

Chief of brigade the 19 brumaire, it was turned over in the place of Quesnoy, when a decree of the Comité of public hello, of the 14 floréal, prescribed to him to go to the Armée with Pyrenees-Western the. He ordered there the city and the citadel of Saint-Sebastien, the ports of the passage of Guataria and the fortified camp established under the walls from the place. With the combat of Salvatiéra, with 20 dragons which it made embusquer, it took two English buildings charged with 400 barrels filled of Chanvre and Eau-de-vie, and was still distinguished with the businesses from Miranda, of Fuente-Alaro, at the time of the Expédition of Biscay and the Vieille Castille on the edges of the Elba.

Recalled by order of the commission of the movement of the armies, it arrived at Lille, the 20 frimaire year IV, to fulfill the functions there of sub-manager of the fortifications. Indicated, the 4 floréal year V, to belong to the Armed with the Rhine-and-Moselle, it went immediately to its station; but the rest of this army having made it possible to colonel Flayelle to continue his service in Lille, it remained there until the 1st vendémiaire year VI, time to which it obtained from the Minister for the war the authorization to go to Metz, with faculty to follow the instruction of the School of the genius. It had been some time employed before with work of the Fort of Kehl and in the outposts.

The 25 messidor year VII, it went to take with the Armée with the Rhine the command of the genius of the center, was named sub-manager of the fortifications on next 14 Thermidor, and belonged to the armies of the the Danube and Helvétie. It was attached to the reserve army of Dijon, since the 7 germinal one until Thermidor 18 year VIII. It was with the Bataille of Châtillon, in the Vallée of Aoste, with the general Lannes.

The 5 meadow one, it accepted from the general Berthier the order to make a recognition on the Fort of Hand-barrow and to make sure of the most practicable point in the event of attack. He discharged this mission under the fire of the enemy, and the general-in-chief, with the return of this recognition, promised to him a pair of guns of honor.

The 13, it establish with a great celerity a flying bridge intended for the Passage of Tésin to Buffalo. The First Consul made some testify his satisfaction with colonel Flayelle. It assisted, the 24 floréal, with the Bataille Marengo. At the end of this campaign, it was sent to Mézières in the capacity as sub-manager from the fortifications, and the 9 frimaire year X with Givet, with the title of director.

Member of the Legion of honor the 19 frimaire year XII, and officer of this kind the 25 meadow following, it was named voter of the Département of North, and chair electoral college of the first district of that of the the Ardennes, the 14 fructidor same year.

He made from the campaigns of year XII, with the Armée with the coasts of the Ocean; those of year XIV and 1806 with the Large army; announced itself to the battles of Ollabrunn and Austerlitz, the 24 brumaire and 11 frimaire year XIV, and with the businesses of Znaïm, Wischau and Rausnitz. It returned in 1808 to its residence of Givet.

In 1809 and 1810, it again formed part of the army of the coasts of the Ocean. The Emperor had decorated it, the July 31st 1809, of the cross of commander of the Legion of honor, and had conferred to him, the following year, the title of baron de Bourdonchamp. November 1st 1814, Louis XVIII gave him the decoration of Chevalier of Saint-Louis. It still ordered the genius with Givet and Charlemont during the blockades of these places in 1814 and 1815.

Colonel Flayelle was named knight of the Ordre of Holy-Anne of Russia (2nd class), in November 1818. Admitted with the retirement the January 30th 1822, it died the March 22nd 1830.

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