Martin Antonenko
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A Traitor Is Sentenced To Death ...
After Napoleon's defeat at Waterloo on June 18, 1815, in which he unfortunately played a major role ...
... his Marshal Michel Ney...
... who also bears the titles "Duke of Elchingen" and "Prince of the Moskva", refuses to leave France out of pride - but goes into hiding at the Château de Bessonies in southern France (Lot department) ...:
When Napoleon landed in France at the beginning of the "100 days", Ney - meanwhile in the service of the reinstated King Lous XVIII. stepped out, distinguished by particularly loyal zeal.
The king made Ney peer of France and appointed him commander of the 6th military division.
When the king was looking for a commander willing to stop Napoleon's adventurous journey to Paris, Ney had not only volunteered, but swore to the king that he would bring "the monster in an iron cage" to Paris...:
He was given the 5e régiment d’infanterie for this task, but instead he defected again along with the entire regiment (only one officer shot himself at that moment) at Auxerre on March 25, 1815 - back on Napoleon's side!
That his behavior will probably not remain without consequences, the just as brave, as intellectually underexposed marshal swathes - but not how concrete the vengeance of the betrayed king is already hanging over his head.
Louis XVIII in the meantime has felt to present him with a list of officers who had been in the service of Napoleon during the reign of the Hundred Days. It explicitly concerned the period from the arrival of Napoleon in France on March 1, 1815 to March 20, 1815, when the king had to leave the capital.
This list is made up of all characters chameleon and survivor Joseph Fouché, who as a Jacobin in the convent for the execution of Louis XVI. had voted and who has already served Robespierre, the Directoire, the First Consul, Emperor Napoleon as Police Minister - and now under Louis XVIII. again officiated as Minister of Police...:
The King had this list published on July 24, 1815 - at the top is the former Maréchal Ney!
These other names were on this list:
Maréchal Emmanuel, marquis de Grouchy
General de Division Henri-Gratien, Comte Bertrand
General de Division Jean-Baptiste Drouet, comte d'Erlon
General de Division Regis-Barthelemy, baron Mouton-Duvernet
General de Division Antoine, comte Drouot
General de Brigade Charles-Angelique Huchet, comte de Labedoyere
General de Brigade Pierre-Jacques, Vicomte Cambronne
General de Brigade Francois-Antoine, baron Lallemand and his younger brother,
General de Brigade Henri-Dominique, baron Lallemand
Ney thinks he is safe in his hiding place in the south of France - and again calculates wrongly!
The passing nobleman - and monarchist! - Jean-Baptiste de La Tour de La Placette ...
... recognizes Ney and informs the authorities!
The marshal was immediately arrested and taken to Paris, where he arrived on August 19th. After he was admitted to the Conciergerie Prison...
... but soon taken to the Palais de Luxembourg, where his stay was more in keeping with his class...:
On the way there, his comrade from the Grande Armée, Général Rémy-Joseph-Isidore, comte Exelmans ...
... offers to free him and leave the country with him, but Ney refuses. Some officers also try to free him from the Palais du Luxembourg, but Ney again refused.
As I said: brave but stupid!
On November 8th, he was finally tried on a court martial. The chairman, Ney’s marshal colleague Bon-Adrien Jannot de Moncey, Duc de Conegliano...
... declares himself incompetent, however, as Ney is a pair from France.
The case is passed on to the Chamber of Peers...
... who sentenced Ney to death on December 6, 1815 for high treason.
The very next day, Ney was shot near the Jardin du Luxembourg in Paris. He wore plain civilian clothes and rejected a blindfold. He gave the order to fire himself with the words:
“Soldiers, when I give the order to fire, shoot my heart. Wait for the command. It will be the last one I give you. I protest my conviction. I've fought a hundred battles for France, but not one against it. [...] Soldiers shoot! "
I took a photo of his grave at the Père Lachaise cemetery at Paris a few years ago ...:
Of those who were on the "Fouché list", apart from Ney, only Géneral de Division Charles Comte de la Bédoyère, who had been Napoleon's chief adjutant at Waterloo, was executed too...:
He was shot on August 19, 1815 on the Grénelle plain.
All the rest were left unscathed and continued their careers ...
After Napoleon's defeat at Waterloo on June 18, 1815, in which he unfortunately played a major role ...
... his Marshal Michel Ney...
... who also bears the titles "Duke of Elchingen" and "Prince of the Moskva", refuses to leave France out of pride - but goes into hiding at the Château de Bessonies in southern France (Lot department) ...:
When Napoleon landed in France at the beginning of the "100 days", Ney - meanwhile in the service of the reinstated King Lous XVIII. stepped out, distinguished by particularly loyal zeal.
The king made Ney peer of France and appointed him commander of the 6th military division.
When the king was looking for a commander willing to stop Napoleon's adventurous journey to Paris, Ney had not only volunteered, but swore to the king that he would bring "the monster in an iron cage" to Paris...:
He was given the 5e régiment d’infanterie for this task, but instead he defected again along with the entire regiment (only one officer shot himself at that moment) at Auxerre on March 25, 1815 - back on Napoleon's side!
That his behavior will probably not remain without consequences, the just as brave, as intellectually underexposed marshal swathes - but not how concrete the vengeance of the betrayed king is already hanging over his head.
Louis XVIII in the meantime has felt to present him with a list of officers who had been in the service of Napoleon during the reign of the Hundred Days. It explicitly concerned the period from the arrival of Napoleon in France on March 1, 1815 to March 20, 1815, when the king had to leave the capital.
This list is made up of all characters chameleon and survivor Joseph Fouché, who as a Jacobin in the convent for the execution of Louis XVI. had voted and who has already served Robespierre, the Directoire, the First Consul, Emperor Napoleon as Police Minister - and now under Louis XVIII. again officiated as Minister of Police...:
The King had this list published on July 24, 1815 - at the top is the former Maréchal Ney!
These other names were on this list:
Maréchal Emmanuel, marquis de Grouchy
General de Division Henri-Gratien, Comte Bertrand
General de Division Jean-Baptiste Drouet, comte d'Erlon
General de Division Regis-Barthelemy, baron Mouton-Duvernet
General de Division Antoine, comte Drouot
General de Brigade Charles-Angelique Huchet, comte de Labedoyere
General de Brigade Pierre-Jacques, Vicomte Cambronne
General de Brigade Francois-Antoine, baron Lallemand and his younger brother,
General de Brigade Henri-Dominique, baron Lallemand
Ney thinks he is safe in his hiding place in the south of France - and again calculates wrongly!
The passing nobleman - and monarchist! - Jean-Baptiste de La Tour de La Placette ...
... recognizes Ney and informs the authorities!
The marshal was immediately arrested and taken to Paris, where he arrived on August 19th. After he was admitted to the Conciergerie Prison...
... but soon taken to the Palais de Luxembourg, where his stay was more in keeping with his class...:
On the way there, his comrade from the Grande Armée, Général Rémy-Joseph-Isidore, comte Exelmans ...
... offers to free him and leave the country with him, but Ney refuses. Some officers also try to free him from the Palais du Luxembourg, but Ney again refused.
As I said: brave but stupid!
On November 8th, he was finally tried on a court martial. The chairman, Ney’s marshal colleague Bon-Adrien Jannot de Moncey, Duc de Conegliano...
... declares himself incompetent, however, as Ney is a pair from France.
The case is passed on to the Chamber of Peers...
... who sentenced Ney to death on December 6, 1815 for high treason.
The very next day, Ney was shot near the Jardin du Luxembourg in Paris. He wore plain civilian clothes and rejected a blindfold. He gave the order to fire himself with the words:
“Soldiers, when I give the order to fire, shoot my heart. Wait for the command. It will be the last one I give you. I protest my conviction. I've fought a hundred battles for France, but not one against it. [...] Soldiers shoot! "
I took a photo of his grave at the Père Lachaise cemetery at Paris a few years ago ...:
Of those who were on the "Fouché list", apart from Ney, only Géneral de Division Charles Comte de la Bédoyère, who had been Napoleon's chief adjutant at Waterloo, was executed too...:
He was shot on August 19, 1815 on the Grénelle plain.
All the rest were left unscathed and continued their careers ...
