Andre Masena

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André Masséna (6 Gicurasi 1758 – 4 Ndamukiza 1817), yari umukuru w'ingabo z'Ubufaransa mu Ntambara z'Impinduka n'iza Napoléon. Yari umwe mu bajenerali 18 ba mbere bashinzwe na Napoléon, akitwa "Umwana Mukundwa w’Intsinzi" kandi afatwa nk'umwe mu bajenerali bakomeye muri izo ntambara..  

Masséna yarahambaye mu Ntambara y’Ihuriro rya Mbere, atsinda cane mu bikorwa vy’ingabo z’Abafaransa kandi ayoboye iterambere rikomeye mu karere ka Otirishiya, bituma haba ibiganiro vy’amahoro. 

Naho abandi bajenerali ba Napoléon bari barize mu mashure y’igisirikare, Masséna yashitse ku bukuru ataravyigiye. Yava mu vyo kwicisha bugufi, akagera kure ku buryo Napoléon yamwise “izina rikomeye ry'ingoma yanje.”. 

Uretse ivyo Masséna yaroraniwe mu ntambara, uburongozi bwa Masséna bwarafashije benshi mu bikorwa vyiwe. Abenshi mu bakuru b’ingabo b’Abafaransa bo muri ico gihe bari barongowe na we igihe kanaka. 

Masséna yahawe izina ry'Umwami wa Essling mu 1809. Ariko, yakoze nabi mu ntambara y’Izinga, atsindwa muri Sabugal na Fuentes de Oñoro. Napoléon yamusimbuje Auguste de Marmont, maze Masséna ntiyasubira gukorera igisirikare, ahubwo aba umukuru w’ingabo i Marseille.