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Abbé Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille (French: [nikɔla lwi də lakaj]; 15 March 1713 – 21 March 1762), [3] formerly sometimes spelled de la Caille, was a French astronomer and geodesist who named 14 out of the 88 constellations.
Dominique Vandamme. The III Corps of the Grande Armée was a French military unit that existed during the Napoleonic Wars. The corps came to prominence between 1805 and 1809 under the command of Marshal Louis-Nicolas Davout, when it repeatedly scored impressive victories single-handedly or in conjunction with other French forces. Napoleon ...
Jean-Henri-Nicolas Bouillet (December 1729, Béziers – 22 January 1790, Béziers) was an 18th-century French physician, Encyclopédiste and mayor of Béziers from 1787 to 1790. [1] Bouillet was the first son of a doctor from Béziers, Jean Bouillet (1690–1777) and his wife Catherine Marsals (born 1700).
The I Corps of the Grande Armée was a French military unit that existed during the Napoleonic Wars. Though disbanded in 1814, following the Treaty of Fontainebleau, it was reformed in April 1815 following the return of Napoléon during the Hundred Days. During the Hundred Days, the corps formed part of the quickly re-formed Army of the North.
Size. 2000. The Corps de l'armement, or corps des ingénieurs de l'armement [1] is a Technical Grand Corps of the French State ( grand corps de l'Etat ), [2] aimed at providing the French Armed Forces with all appropriate equipment and supervising the French Aerospace & Defence industry . The corps members are the ingénieurs de l'armement, or ...
Biography. Born at la Grave in Oisans, in the Dauphiné, he left France in 1542 to participate in the siege of Perpignan which was then held by Emperor Charles V of Austria. In 1547, he sailed to Scotland where his intervention ended the siege of St Andrews Castle. In 1548, he returned to Scotland to take away Mary, Queen of Scots from ...
The corps was formed in 1805, with Marshal Jean-de-Dieu Soult being appointed as its commander. [ 1] The IV Corps formed part of the extended center of the French line at the Battle of Austerlitz in December 1805. [ 2] During the battle, Napoleon ordered Soult to attack the Pratzen Heights, from which the Allies had been attacking the French ...
III Corps[ 3] is a corps of the United States Army headquartered at Fort Cavazos, Texas. It is a major formation of the United States Army Forces Command . Activated in World War I in France, III Corps oversaw US Army divisions as they repelled several major German offensives and led them into Germany. The corps was deactivated following the ...