Basile Guy Marie Victor Baltus de Pouilly
Encyclopedia
Basil Baltus de Pouilly was a French
general during the French Revolutionary Wars
and the Napoleonic Wars
.
on January 2, 1766. He was first a pupil of artillery on August 1780, second lieutenant in the regiment of La Fere on July 1781, then captain on April 1791, and then a squadron leader in the 1st regiment of light artillery. Baltus was promoted to colonel on March 1806, and Baron of the Empire in January 1809, and finally Brigadier General in March 1811. Baltus commanded the artillery in Hamburg in April 1815. He was retired on 1 January 1816 according to the order of 1 August 1815. Baltus finally left the army December 9, 1826, with the rank of lieutenant general. Baltus died January 13, 1845.
General Basil Baltus de Pouilly was one of 558 officers of the First Empire
whose name is engraved on the Arc de Triomphe
. His name appears on the second column.
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
general during the French Revolutionary Wars
French Revolutionary Wars
The French Revolutionary Wars were a series of major conflicts, from 1792 until 1802, fought between the French Revolutionary government and several European states...
and the Napoleonic Wars
Napoleonic Wars
The Napoleonic Wars were a series of wars declared against Napoleon's French Empire by opposing coalitions that ran from 1803 to 1815. As a continuation of the wars sparked by the French Revolution of 1789, they revolutionised European armies and played out on an unprecedented scale, mainly due to...
.
Life
Basil Guy Marie Victor Baltus de Pouilly was born in MetzMetz
Metz is a city in the northeast of France located at the confluence of the Moselle and the Seille rivers.Metz is the capital of the Lorraine region and prefecture of the Moselle department. Located near the tripoint along the junction of France, Germany, and Luxembourg, Metz forms a central place...
on January 2, 1766. He was first a pupil of artillery on August 1780, second lieutenant in the regiment of La Fere on July 1781, then captain on April 1791, and then a squadron leader in the 1st regiment of light artillery. Baltus was promoted to colonel on March 1806, and Baron of the Empire in January 1809, and finally Brigadier General in March 1811. Baltus commanded the artillery in Hamburg in April 1815. He was retired on 1 January 1816 according to the order of 1 August 1815. Baltus finally left the army December 9, 1826, with the rank of lieutenant general. Baltus died January 13, 1845.
General Basil Baltus de Pouilly was one of 558 officers of the First Empire
First French Empire
The First French Empire , also known as the Greater French Empire or Napoleonic Empire, was the empire of Napoleon I of France...
whose name is engraved on the Arc de Triomphe
Arc de Triomphe
-The design:The astylar design is by Jean Chalgrin , in the Neoclassical version of ancient Roman architecture . Major academic sculptors of France are represented in the sculpture of the Arc de Triomphe: Jean-Pierre Cortot; François Rude; Antoine Étex; James Pradier and Philippe Joseph Henri Lemaire...
. His name appears on the second column.
Distinctions
- Légion d'honneurLégion d'honneurThe Legion of Honour, or in full the National Order of the Legion of Honour is a French order established by Napoleon Bonaparte, First Consul of the Consulat which succeeded to the First Republic, on 19 May 1802...
- Légionnaire (14/06/1804),
- Officier (26/12/1805),
- Commandant (11/07/1807).
- Chevalier de l’Ordre de Saint-LouisOrder of Saint LouisThe Royal and Military Order of Saint Louis was a military Order of Chivalry founded on 5 April 1693 by Louis XIV and named after Saint Louis . It was intended as a reward for exceptional officers, and is notable as the first decoration that could be granted to non-nobles...
: ( juillet 1814). - Chevalier de l'Ordre de Saint-Henri.Military Order of St. HenryThe Military Order of St. Henry was a military order of the Kingdom of Saxony, a member state of the German Empire. The order was the oldest military order of the states of the German Empire. It was founded on October 7, 1736 by Augustus III, King of Poland and Elector of Saxony...
(SaxonySaxonyThe Free State of Saxony is a landlocked state of Germany, contingent with Brandenburg, Saxony Anhalt, Thuringia, Bavaria, the Czech Republic and Poland. It is the tenth-largest German state in area, with of Germany's sixteen states....
) - Knight of the Order of the SwordOrder of the SwordThe Order of the Sword is a Swedish order of chivalry created by King Frederick I of Sweden on February 23, 1748, together with the Order of the Seraphim and the Order of the Polar Star.Awarded to officers, and originally intended as an award for bravery and particularly long or useful service, it...
Sources
- Archives nationalesArchives nationales (France)The Archives nationales preserve the national archives of the French state, apart from the archives of the Ministry of Defence and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as these two ministries have their own archive services, the Service historique de la défense and the Archives diplomatiques...
(CARAN) – Service Historique de l’Armée de Terre – Fort de Vincennes – Dossier S.H.A.T. Côte : 7 Yd 1 086.