Louis Michel Antoine Sahuc
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Louis-Michel-Antoine, comte Sahuc (French pronunciation:
In the early years of the
Early career
Sahuc was born on 7 January 1755 at
At the Battle of Hohenlinden on 3 December, Sahuc was a brigadier in Antoine Richepanse's division. The mounted regiments in the division were the 10th Cavalry, 1st Chasseurs à Cheval, 20th Chasseurs à Cheval, and the 5th Hussars. The division also included one battalion of the 14th Light Infantry and the 8th, 27th, and 48th Line Infantry Demi-Brigades.[3] The 1st Chasseurs led Richepanse's flank attack and engaged in some of the first fighting.[4] Later, Sahuc and his fellow brigadier Jean-Baptiste Drouet were involved in the fighting against Johann Sigismund Riesch's corps. The French scored a decisive victory in the battle.[5]
During the pursuit after Hohenlinden, Richepanse scored successes in a series of actions against the retreating Austrians. At
Empire
Sahuc became a member of the
Napoleon promoted Sahuc to
In the War of the Fifth Coalition, Sahuc found himself leading the Light Cavalry Division of the Army of Italy under Eugène de Beauharnais. The division included the 6th Hussars, 6th Chasseurs à Cheval, 8th Chasseurs à Cheval, 25th Chasseurs à Cheval, and a 4-pounder horse artillery battery.[19]
In the action at Pordenone, Sahuc was badly beaten. He commanded the 4,800-man army advance guard of two cavalry regiments and the 35th Line Infantry Regiment. At 6:00 AM on 15 April 1809, Johann Maria Philipp Frimont led 5,900 Austrians against the town. Sahuc maneuvered his cavalry north of the town but Frimont attacked his horsemen from the flank, routing them. The 35th, trapped in the town, was nearly destroyed with 500 killed and wounded. In addition, 2,000 men, an eagle, and four cannons were captured. The Austrians only reported 253 casualties.[20][21] In the Battle of Sacile on 16 April, Eugène refused to fully commit Sahuc's division because of the Austrian cavalry superiority. After Eugène ordered a retreat, Sahuc demonstrated in front of the Austrians, assisting the withdrawal of the divisions of Paul Grenier and Jean-Baptiste Broussier.[22]
At the
When Sahuc participated in the
At the
From 1809 to 1812 he served in the
Notes
- ^ a b "Louis Michel Antoine Sahuc (1755-1813)". Bibliothèque nationale de France. Retrieved 2022-12-06.
- ^ a b c d e Mullié (1852)
- ^ Arnold (2005), p. 275. It's not clear which units were specifically under Sahuc's orders.
- ^ Arnold (2005), p. 239-242
- ^ Arnold (2005), p. 245
- ^ Smith (1998), pp. 190-191
- ^ Smith (1998), p. 204
- ^ Duffy (1977), p. 180. Duffy also lists Verdière as a brigadier.
- ^ Smith (1998), p. 216. Smith omits the 27th Regiment.
- ^ Petre (1993), p. 176. Petre shows the strength.
- ^ Chandler, p. 37
- ^ Petre (1993), p. 150
- ^ Petre (1993), p. 199
- ^ Petre, p. 264
- ^ Petre, p. 258
- ^ Petre, p. 275
- ^ Petre, p. 281
- ^ Smith (1998), p. 240
- ^ Bowden & Tarbox (1980), p. 101
- ^ Schneid (2002), p. 71-72
- ^ Smith (1998), p. 286
- ^ Schneid (2002), p. 74
- ^ a b Schneid (2002), p. 80-81
- ^ Arnold (1995), pp. 101-102
- ^ Epstein (1994), p. 91
- ^ Arnold (1995), p. 102
- ^ Schneid (2002), p. 81-82
- ^ Bowden & Tarbox (1980), p. 119
- ^ Smith (1998), p. 315. Smith lists the 6th, 8th, and 9th Chasseurs.
- ^ Arnold (1995), p. 112
- ^ Bowden & Tarbox (1980), p. 149
- ^ Arnold (1995), p. 122
- ^ Schneid (2002), p. 95-96
- ^ Arnold (1995), p. 132
- ^ Schneid (2002), p. 97
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- Arnold, James R. Napoleon Conquers Austria. Westport, Conn.: Praeger Publishers, 1995. ISBN 0-275-94694-0
- Bowden, Scotty & Tarbox, Charlie. Armies on the Danube 1809. Arlington, Texas: Empire Games Press, 1980.
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- Duffy, Christopher. Austerlitz 1805. Hamden, Conn.: Archon Books, 1977.
- Epstein, Robert M. Napoleon's Last Victory and the Emergence of Modern War. Lawrence, Kansas: University Press of Kansas, 1994.
- (in French) Mullié, Charles. Biographie de célébrités militaires des armées de terre et de mer de 1789 à 1850, 1852.
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