The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1826-07-10

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oGRAPHY OF MARSHAL SU.
CHET.
The Duke Of .7'Sufera.-Died at Mar.
a--. January 81. Lewis Gabriel Suchet.
,r.h,l of France. a SON OF silk nantI-
'anrrr ut Lyons. lie was born in the
ar 1874. IN 1872, having received a
.,,d education, hr entrred INTO ihe arm,
/ +, volunteer At Tonlon he was an at.
ir,r in the battalion by which General o..
Iara was takrn prisoner. He was in
.,,a,ly all the battles fought in Italy dn-
ing the campaigns of 1894, 1895. s. 1897,
md WAS thrice wounded, once dangerous.
. In the last Of these campaigns, BONA.
,nr,e made hun Chrf de Brigade on the
i,ld If battle. In 1898, having borne a
listing ui,hed part III the campaign against
n, Swiss, hr was sent 10 Paris with TWEEN
three 4iandar d. taken from the enemy i.
/. vas then made General of Brigade.
10 was on the punt ofprOceeding with the
.xped,,ion to Egypt, when he was suddsn-
retained to restore discipline and conf i.
|i.nce in the army Of Italy. In conse ]
Iouence ola quarrel with the commissions
rrs of III. Directory, Suchet was COMPEL
d TO return hastily to France to vindicate
Il, conduct. he was afterwards sent To
\ he army of tll- Danube. at the head OF
.bich he exerted himself 10 defending tn
,,ntry of the 0rlsons. Janbert, his
riend having bern ,ntrusted with thr
4 Command Of the Amy of Italy, Snchs,
nined him as General Of Division and
! thief Of his staff appointments which
! lr continued to bold under Morean and
championnet, after the death Of Jaubnrt.
lassrna, who succeeded Champonnet,
made second in command. At the head
# feeble division of not 1000 men, he
onr held 1T bay 6yss times the number Of
4 austrian forces under Mrias, contested the
lGenopse territory inch BY inch, retired un-
broken behind the Var, set The enemy at
le6ance, saved ths south Of France fom
nyasiop, and facilitated the operations of
| the army Of reserve, advancing from Di-
ion to cross the Alps. When, ia conse.
aupnce Of the march of Bonapattr, the
i iustrians commenced their retreat, Ne fol-
Ilowed in their track, harrassed them inoes.
sanity, took $4,000 prisoners, and by com :
ceiling Melas 10 weaken his army TO op-
: rose him, contributed powerfully to the
Victory of Marengo. In the short cam
paign subsequently to the amistIce, he took
1000 prisoners at Pozzolo, and shared in
d all the battles that "a ERE fought. IN 1908,
he commanded Division at the camp at
|Bonlonge. H. was named a member of
! the Legion of Honour On the 18th of De-
1cenber, 1908 grand officer ofthat body
liz 1904 and governor Of ths imperial pa
! ace at Lacken in 1905. AT Ulm, Halla-
brun. and Aust-rltz, in 1905 /; at Saalfeld
| md Jena, in 1903 4 at Pultusk, 10 1907 !;
,r grratly contributed To the success of the
French srms. IL 1905 Bonaparts gave him
= he grand Gordon of the Legion OF Honor,
With an endowment of 1000 francs Il in
| sO8,hp raised himto the dignity OF q count
| # the empire. The king of Saxony also no.
minated him a commander of the military
rider Of ST. Henry. Suchet was next sent
Ito Spain and placed at the head If the ar
! ny of Arragon. in 1909, he defeated
u Blake at b.Ichiie; in 1910, he reduced
.enda, Mequinenza, Tortozs, Fort San
felipe, Mont.errat, Tarragona, and Sagun-
am-rontpd O'Donnel at Margalet, and
Blake before Ssyuntn'n land formed the
,eige Of Valencia. The fan Vt that for
ress crowned the labnrs Of this campaign
md obtained for him the title OF DHke OF
AIbufera, aGd possession Of the estate OF
hatnarEe. He had previously, at the cap
ture of Tarragona, received the msrshsrs
taft. In 1919, the command Of the Un-
! ed armies of Aragon and Catalonia having
,esn confdsd TO him he compelled Sir
John Murray to raise the siege Of Tara.
kona. Ia November, h. was named 20
onpl G.n-rsi of the Imperial Guards. in
f he room Of the Duke OF Istria. Noiwlth-
tspding the progress of Lord Wellington
n France, Suchet kept his ground 10 Ca
lalonia for the purpose of collecting the
$4,000 men who garrisoaed the fortresses
md also for re,ardins the progress OF the
i lilies.
Receiving intelligence Of the ahdicaton
IF Bnnapartr. he acknowledged LOUIS
XVIII, as his sovereign. Several honors'
amongst which WAS thar nf his beng naia-
d one Off peers of France, were con'
erred on him by the restored manarch.
|On the return Of Bonapsrte, he accepted
L command under his old master 10 repel
he allies. At ,he head of the army ~
The Alps, consisting of DUTY 10000 men,
ia beat the Pied IN outrar, and shortly az
-r the Austrian. The advance "t the
| grand Austrian army, however, 100000
trnns, Compelled him to fall back on Lyons;
,ut he saved that city from plumber by
|api,ulatipn and with it artillery stores TO
he value of half miliion sterliog. On
he sanle day that the capitalization was
gned, he again submitted 10 Louis xviii
L. received the Grand CIoss'o the lie
Jon of Honour 10 1915 and, in 1919
lis name was replaced ON the list OF peers