French Army General. A graduate of the French Military Academy École Militaire in Paris, France, he embraced and supported the French Revolution despite his noble birth. Promoted to General by Emperor Napoleon Boneparte, he was in command of the Grand Armee's III Corps at the December 2, 1805 Battle of Austerlitz. There, after he rushed his corps on a forced march, his men plugged a gap in the French line, and fended off several strong assualts against them. Later in the battle part of General Davout's command punched through Allied lines near the village of Sokolnitz (today Sokolnice in the Czech Republic), a factor in causing the final retreat of the Allies and sealing the victory for the French. As a reward to General Davout when the French Army entered Berlin, Prussia in October 1805 he directed the General's men to enter first. Made a Marshal of the Empire, after Napoleon came back in 1815 after being deposed, General Davout directed the brave but ultimately fruitless defense of Paris after the French defeat at Waterloo. He died in Paris in 1823 at the age of fifty-three.
French Army General. A graduate of the French Military Academy École Militaire in Paris, France, he embraced and supported the French Revolution despite his noble birth. Promoted to General by Emperor Napoleon Boneparte, he was in command of the Grand Armee's III Corps at the December 2, 1805 Battle of Austerlitz. There, after he rushed his corps on a forced march, his men plugged a gap in the French line, and fended off several strong assualts against them. Later in the battle part of General Davout's command punched through Allied lines near the village of Sokolnitz (today Sokolnice in the Czech Republic), a factor in causing the final retreat of the Allies and sealing the victory for the French. As a reward to General Davout when the French Army entered Berlin, Prussia in October 1805 he directed the General's men to enter first. Made a Marshal of the Empire, after Napoleon came back in 1815 after being deposed, General Davout directed the brave but ultimately fruitless defense of Paris after the French defeat at Waterloo. He died in Paris in 1823 at the age of fifty-three.
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