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French Hussar Regiments and the Colonels who Led
Them: 1792 to 1815
Part I: 1st - 7th Regiments
ByTony Broughton,FINS
While there are literally thousands of books on the Emperor and his marshals, generals, and
the people who surrounded him very little as been written on the men who commanded his
regiments.
It is my intention to list the colonels who commanded these regiments. Some of them became
famous and others remain as statistics on Regimental rolls. Hopefully it will provide the
reader with an insight as to these individuals.
1st Regiment of Hussars
Created in 1720 as the Hussars de Berchenay, became the 1st Regiment
de Hussars by decree of 1791.
Colonels and Chef de Brigade 1792-1815
1792. Stengel (Henri-Christian-Marie de) - Colonel
1792 Nordman (Joseph-Armand) - Colonel
1793 Glad (Phillipe) - Chef de Brigade
1795 Bougon-Duclos (Louis-Jean-Charles) - Chef de Brigade
1796 De Carowe (Antoine-Henri) - Chef de Brigade
1797 Picard (Joseph) - Chef de Brigade
1803 Rouvillois (Phillipe-Augustin) - Colonel
1807 De Juniac (Jacques-Begougne) - Colonel
1810 Merlin (Antoine-Franois-Eugene) - Colonel
1813 Clary (Franois-Joseph-Marie) - Colonel
1814 Oudinot (Nicolas-Charles-Victor) - Colonel
1815 Clary (Franois-Joseph-Marie) - Colonel
Of the above one attained the rank of General of Division and two the rank of General of
Brigade
7th Hussars 1795
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Stengal(Henri-Christian-Marie de)
Born: 11th May 1744
Colonel of 1st Hussars: 16th May 1792
General de Brigade: 1st March 1795
General de Division: 13th June 1795
Wounded Battle of Mondovi 21st April 1796, died of wounds 28th April 1796.
Of Napoleon Stengal stated "that miserable Corsican he wanted to finish me off and now he's
done it."
Picard(Joseph-Denis)
Born: 23rd July 1761
Chef de Brigade of 1st Hussars: 8th January 1797
General of Brigade: 26th February 1803
Legion d'Honneur: 11th December 1803
Commander of the Legion d'Honneur: 22nd June 1804
Baron of the Empire: 1st June 1808
Died: 20th January 1826
Merlin(Antione-Franois-Eugene)
Born: 27th December 1778
Colonel 1st Hussars: 1st September 1810
General de Brigade: 14th July 1813
Chevalier of the Empire: 20th July 1808. Died: 31st August 1854
Colonels killed and wounded while in command of 1st Regiment de Hussars
Colonel Stengal: wounded at battle of Mondovi 21st April 1796,died of wounds 28th April.
Chef de Brigade: Bouglon-Duclos - Died of Fever
Chef de Brigade: Carrowe - Killed at the Battle of Rovero 6th September 1796
Colonel: Rouvillois: Wounded 19th Dec 1806
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2nd Regiment of Hussars
Created in 1735 as the Hussars de Chamborant, renamed the 2nd Regiment de Hussars in
1771.
Colonels and Chefs de Brigade
1792 De Fregeville (Charles-Louis-Joseph de Gau) - Colonel
1793 Barbier (Jean-Franois-Therese) - Chef de Brigade
1793 Rith (Ignace-Wilhem) - Colonel
1806 Gerard (Franois-Joseph) - Colonel
1808 Vinot (Gilbert-Julian) - Colonel
1813 De Seganville (Alexandre-Louis) - Colonel
1814 De Savoie Carignan (Joseph-Marie) - Colonel
Of the above seven the following Colonels attained the rank of
General de Brigade and above.
De Fregeville(Charles-Louis-Joseph de Gau)
Born: 1st September 1762
Colonel 2nd Hussars: 20th September 1792
General de Brigade:15th May 1793
General de Division:28th March 1800
Commander of the Legion d'Honeur: 14th June 1804
Grand Officer of the Legion d'Honneur: 27th December 1814
Died: 4th April 1842
Barbier (Jean-Franois-Therese)
Born: 3rd December 1754
Chef de Brigade 2nd Hussars: 15th May 1793
General de Brigade: 7th October 1806
Commander of the Legion d'Honneur: 25th December 1804
Colonel de Fregeville
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Baron of the Empire: 29th June 1808
Died: 6th May 1825
Gerard(Franois-Joseph)
Born: 29th October 1772
Colonel 2nd Hussars: 7th October 1806
General de Brigade: 10th March 1809
General de Division: 29th September 1813
Commander of the Legion d'Honneur: 30th October 1809
Baron of the Empire: 27th November 1808
Died: 18th September 1832
Vinot(Gibert-Julian)
Born: 8th January 1759
Colonel 2nd Hussars: 16th March 1809
General de Brigade: 3rd March 1813
Chevalier of the Legion d'Honneur: 14th June 1804
Officer of the Legion d'Honneur: 30th September 1807
Commander of the Legion d'Honneur: 30th May 1811
Baron of the Empire: 15th August 1810
Died: 6th June 1838
Colonels killed and wounded while in command of the 2nd Hussars.
Chef de Briagade: Barbier wounded 2nd December 1805
Colonel: Gerard wounded 3rd November 1806
Colonel: Vinot wounded 1808
Officers killed and wounded while serving with the 2nd Hussars from 1805-1815.
Officers Killed: Seven
Officers died of wounds: Five
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Officers wounded: Fifty Nine
Regimental War record 1792-1815. (Battles and Combats)
1792: Grisvelle, Verton, La Croix-aux-Bois, Grand-Pre, Montcheutin, Valmy and Jemmapes
1793: La Roche, Hondschoote, Landrecies, Wissembourg and Edelsheim
1794: Marolles, Fleures, Mons, Anderhoven
1795: Capture of Dutch Fleet at Texel, Schwalbach and Kreutznach
1796: Burg Eberach
1797: Passage of the Rhine at Neuwied
1799: Mannheim, Engen and Hirchberg
1800: Dillerich, Bopfingen, Kelheim and Germersheim
1803: Nienberg
1805: Austerlitz
1806: Halle, Crewitz and Mohrungen
1807: Osterode and Friedland
1809: Medllin and Alcabon
1810: Ronda and Sierra de Cazala
1811: La Gerboa, Los Santos and Albuhera
1812: Somanis
1813: Leipzig
1814: Montereau
1815: Defense of Belfort
Battle Honours
Honschoote 1798, Austerlitz 1805, Friedland 1807, and Medellin 1809.
3rd Regiment of Hussars
Created in 1764 as the hussars de Esterhazy, became the 3rd Regiment de Hussars in 1791.
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Colonels and Chefs de Brigade
1792 De Froissy-Brisson (?) - Colonel
1792 Scheydt dit Cheit (?) - Colonel
1793 De Carrowe (Antoine-Henry) - Chef de Brigade
1793 De Bouchotte (Jean-Baptiste-Noel) - Chef de Brigade
1794 La Houssaye (Armand-Lebrun) - Chef de Brigade
1795 Sultzmann (Jean) - Chef de Brigade
1804 Le Brun (Anne-Charles) - Colonel
1807 Le Ferriere-Levesque (Louis-Marie) - Colonel
1811 Rousseau (Paulin-Louis) - Colonel
1814 Moncey (Marie) - Colonel
Of the 3rd Hussars four Colonels attained the rank of General de Brigade
Houssaye(Armand Lebrun)
Born: 20th October 1768
Chef de Brigade 3rd Hussars:21st March 1794
General de Brigade: 1st February 1804
General de Division:14th May 1807
Commander of the Legion d'Honneur: 14th June 1804
Baron of the Empire: 22nd November 1808
Died: 19th June 1848
Sultzman(Jean)
Born: 14th May 1740
Chef de Brigade 3rd Hussars: 14th June 1795.
General de Brigade: 14th March 1794.
Died: ?
Le Brun(Anne-Charles)
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Born: 28th December 1775
Colonel 3rd Hussars: 1st February 1804
General de Brigade: 1st March 1807
General de Division: 23rd October 1812
Died: 21st January 1855
General Le Brun spent many of his years service as Aide de Camp to the Emperor Napoleon
Le Ferriere-Levesque(Louis-Marie)
Born: 9th April 1776
Colonel 3rd Hussars: 8th March 1807
General de Brigade: 13th May 1811
General de Division: 28th November 1813
Comte of the Empire: 28th November 1813
Died: 22nd November 1834
Colonels killed and wounded while in command of the 3rd Hussars.
Chef de Brigade: La Houssaye wounded 5th October 1799
Colonel: La Ferriere-Leveque wounded 12th August 1809
Colonel: La Ferriere-Leveque wounded 28th November 1809
Colonel: La Ferriere-Leveque wounded 14th March 1811
Colonel: Rousseau wounded 22nd July 1812
Colonel: Moncey wounded 27th June 1815
Colonel La Ferrier-Leveque was wounded on four occasions while he served with the
Regiment. His first wound being in 1806 at the Battle of Jena, when he held the rank of
Major. He was wounded a further four times during is military career. On the 30th August
1813, 16th October 1813, 30th October 1813, and 7th March 1814.
Officers killed and wounded while serving with the 3rd Hussars from 1805-1815.
Officers killed: Twelve
Officers died of wounds: Three
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Created in 1776 as the Hussars de Saxe, and named as the 4th
Regiment de Hussars in 1791. Upon its emigration in 1792, the 5th
Regiment of Hussars which had been created in 1793 as the
Colonel-General Regiment de Hussars and numbered as the 5th
Regiment of Hussars in 1791 took their place and became the 4th
Regiment de Hussars by Decree of the 4th June 1793.
Colonels and Chefs de Brigade
1792 Mieskoswki (?) - Colonel
1793 De Barbier (Anne-Dominique-Arnold) - Chef de Brigade
1794 Boye (Charles-Joseph) - Chef de Brigade
1794 Flosse (?) - Chef de Brigade
1796 Merlin (Christophe-Antoine) - Chef de Brigade
1800 Burthe (Andre) - Colonel
1811 Christophe (Jean-Franois) - Colonel
1815 Blot (Louis-Joseph) - Colonel
The 4th Regiment produced the following three Generals.
Boye(Charles-Joseph)
Born: 11th February 1762
Chef de Brigade 4th Hussars: 25th April 1794
General de Brigade: 13 June 1795
Commander of the Legion d'Honneur: 14th June 1804
Died: 16th May 1832
Merlin(Christophe-Antoine)
Born: 27th May 1771
Colonel 4th Hussars: 25th June 1796
General de Brigade: 1st February 1805
General de Division: 5th January 1814
Died: 9th March 1839
4th Hussars 1806
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Burthe(Andre)
Born: 8th December 1772
Colonel 4th Hussars: 1st February 1805
General de Brigade: 30th December 1810
Baron of the Empire: 5th October 1808
Died: 2nd April 1830
Colonels killed and wounded while in command of the 4th Regiment of Hussars.
None
Officers killed and wounded while serving with the 4th Hussars from 1805-1815.
Officers killed: Eight.
Officers died of wounds: Three
Officers wounded: Fifty Two
Regimental War record 1792-1815. (Battles and Combats)
1792: Valmy and La Croix-aux-Bois
1793: Maestricht, Aldenhoven, Tirlemont, Hondschoote, Wattingnies
1794: Fleures
1795: Langenheim
1796: Blockade of Mayence
1797: Passage of the Rhine Neuwied
1799: Altiken, Winterthur, and Zurich
1800: Neubourg, Ampfingen and Hohenlinden
1805: Austerlitz
1806: Jena and Lubeck
1807: Liebstadt and Mohrungen
1809: Alcanitz and Belchite
1811: Stella, Chiclana, and Sagonte
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1813: Yecla and Col d'Ordal
1813: Gross Beeren and Leipzig
1814: Lons-le-Saulnier, Saint Georges, and Lyon
1815: Ligny and Waterloo
Battle Honours
Fleurus 1794, Hohenlinden 1800, Austerlitz 1805, Friedland 1807, and Sagonte 1813.
5th Regiment of Hussars
Created on the 14th September 1783 with the Cavalry of the Legion de Lauzun and numbered
as the 6th Regiment de Hussars in 1791. The regiment was re-numbered as the 5th Regiment
de Hussars by Decree of 4th June 1793.
Colonels and Chefs de Brigade
1793 Ruin (Franois) - Chef de Brigade
1794 Scholtenius (Engleburt) - Chef de Brigade
1794 Schwartz (Franois-Xavier-Nicolas) - Chef de Brigade
1806 Dery (Pierre-Cesar) - Colonel
1809 Meuziau (Charles-Claude) - Colonel
1813 Fournier (Alphonse) - Colonel
1814 Liegeard (Jean-Baptiste) - Colonel
Of the above list, two of these men attained the rank of General de Brigade and above.
Schwartz(Franois-Xavier-Nicolas)
Born: 8th January 1762
Chef de Brigade 5th Hussars: 3rd September 1799
General de Brigade: 30th December 1806
Officer of the Legion d'Honneur: 15th June 1804
Commander of the Legion d'Honneur: 25th December 1805
Baron of the Empire: 9th March 1808
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Died: 9th October 1826
Meuziau(Charles-Claude)
Born: 18th February 1777
Colonel 5th Hussars: 21st September 1809
General de Brigade: 4th December 1813
Died: 16 September 1834
Colonels killed and wounded while in command of the 5th Regiment de Hussars.
Colonel Dery: wounded 4th February 1807
Colonel Dery: wounded 10th June 1807
Colonel Meuziau: wounded 7th September 1812
Colonel Meuziau: wounded 18th October 1812
Officers killed and wounded while serving with the 5th Regiment de Hussars from 1805-
1815
Officers Killed: Nine
Officers died of wounds: Seven
Officers wounded: Ninety Six
Regimental War Record (Battles and Combats)
1792: Valmy and Jemmapes.(As 6th Regiment of Hussars)
1793: Wattignies
1794: Blockade of Nimegue
1795: Texel
1797: Neuwied
1799: Ostrach and Stokach
1800: Mosskirch, Biberach, Kirchberg and Hohenlinden
1805: Austerlitz
1806: Crewitz, Stettin, and Golymin
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1807: Waltersdorf, Eylau, Heilsberg and Konigsberg
1809: Eckmuhl and Wagram
1812: Borodino, Winkono, and Berezina
1813: Bautzen, Leipzig, and Hanau
1814: Arcis-sur-Aube
1815: Ligny, Waterloo, and Versailles
Battle Honours
Jemmapes 1792, Jena 1806, Eckmuhl 1809, La Moskowa 1812, and Hanau 1813.
6th Regiment of Hussars
Created as the 7th Regiment of Hussars by Decree on the 23rd November 1792, from the
Hussars Defenseurs de la Libert et de l'Egaliti. Renumbered as the 6th Regiment de Hussars
by the Decree of 4th June 1793.
Colonels and Chefs de Brigade
1792 Paris d'Illins (Antione-Marie) - Colonel
1792 Peltier (Franois-Xavier) - Colonel
1792 Grouchy (Emmanuel de) - Colonel
1792 Lagrange (Adelaide-Blaise-Franois) - Colonel
1793 Kilmaine (Charles-Edouard-Saul-Jennings de) - Chef de
Brigade
1794 Roche (Jean-Baptiste-Gregoire) - Chef de Brigade
1799 Pajol (Pierre-Claude) - Chef de Brigade
1807 Vallin (Louis) - Colonel
1812 Carignan (Joseph-Marie) - Colonel
Of the above nine colonels, seven reached the rank of
General de Brigade and above;one of them reaching
Marechal de l'Empire.
Paris d'Illins(Antoine-Marie)
Colonel LaGrange
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Born: 9th March 1746
Colonel 6th Hussars: 5th February 1792
General de Brigade: 25th March 1807
Member of the Legion d'Honneur: 29th May 1806
Died: Killed in action at the Battle of Ocana 18th November 1809
De Grouchy(Emmanuel)
Born: 23rd October 1766
Colonel 6th Hussars: 8th July 1792
Marechal de Camp: 7th September 1792
General de Division: 13th June 1795
Marechal de l'Empire: 15th April 1815
Member of the Legion d'Honneur: 11th Decenber 1803
Grand Officer of the Legion d'Honneur: 14th June 1807
Grand Aigle of the Legion d'Honneur: 13th July 1807
Died: 27th May 1847
Lagrange(Adelaide-Blaise-Franois-Lelievre)
Born: 21st December 1766
Colonel 6th Hussars: 12th October 1792
General de Brigade : 25th June 1807
General de Division: 29th June 1809
Chevalier of the Legion d'Honneur: 11th December 1803
Officer of the Legion d'Honneur:14th June 1803
Died: 21st December 1833
Killmaine( Charles-Edouard-Saul-Jennings de)
Born: 19th October 1751
Colonel 6th Hussars: 26th January 1793
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General de Brigade: 8th March 1793
General de Division: 15th May 1793
Died: 11th December 1799
Roche(Jean-Baptiste-Gregoire)
Born: 19th November 1767
Chef de Brigade 6th Hussars: 31st December 1794
General de Brigade: 10th July 1799
General de Division: 2nd February 1808
Member of the Legion d'Honneur: 8th June 1804
Commander of the Legion d'Honneur: 18th July 1804
Baron of the Empire
Died: 27th April 1845
Pajol(Pierre-Claude)
Born: 3rd February 1772
Chef de Brigade 6th Hussars: 21st July 1799
General de Brigade: 1st March 1807
General de Division: 7th August 1812
Chevalier of the Legion d'Honneur: 11th December 1803
Officer of the Legion d'Honneur: 14th June 1804
Commander of the Legion d'Honneur: 25th April 1809
Grand Officer of the Legion d'Honneur: 19th February 1814
Baron of the Empire: 19th March 1809
Count of the Empire: 25th November 1813
Peer of France: 2nd June 1815
Died: 20th March 1844
Vallin(Louis)
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Born: 16th August 1770
Colonel 6th Hussars: 1st March 1807
General de Brigade: 5th December 1812
Chevalier of the Legion d'Honneur: 25th March 1804
Officer of the Legion d'Honneur: 30th May 1809
Commander of the Legion d'Honneur: 13th Septeber 1813
Grand Officer of the Legion d'Honneur: 1st June 1813
Died: 25th December 1854
Colonels killed and wounded while in command of the 6th Regiment de Hussars.
Chef de Brigade Roche: wounded 5th April 1799
Colonel Vallin: wounded 25th April 1809
Colonel Vallin: wounded 8th May 1809
Officers killed and wounded while serving with the 6th Regiment de Hussars from 1805-
1815
Officers killed: Three
Officers died of wounds: Two
Officers wounded: Fifty-Six
Regimental War Record (Battles and Combats)
1793: Wattignies
1794: Villers en Cauchie
1795: Capture of the Dutch Fleet
1800: Hoshstett, Nordlingen, and Neubourg
1805: Ulm and Altenmarkt
1809: La Piave, Raab, and Wagram
1812: Krasnoe, Smolensk, and Borodino
1813: Mockern, Lutzen, Bautzen, Reichenbach, Dresden, and Leipzig
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1814: La Rothiere, Champaubert, Vauchamps, Athies, Reims, La Frere-Champenoise, and
Paris.
1815: Ligny and Rocquen-court
Battle Honours
Jemmapes 1792, La Moskowa 1812, Dresde 1813, and Champaubert 1814.
7th Regiment of Hussars
Formed by Decree of 23rd November 1792 as the 8th Regiment de Hussars, from the Hussars
de Lamothe. Renumbered the 7th Regiment de Hussars by Decree of
4th June 1793.
Colonels and Chefs de Brigade
1792 Lamothe (?) - Colonel
1792 Boyer (Etienne-Gabriel) - Colonel
1794 Marisy (Frederic-Christophe-Pierre-Claude) - Colonel
1803 Rapp (Jean) - Colonel
1803 Marx (Daniel) - Colonel
1806 Colbert (Pierre-David dit Edouard) - Colonel
1809 Custine (Robert-Nicolas-Gaspard) - Colonel
1810 Eulner (Guillaume-Joseph) - Colonel
1814 Marbot (Jean-Baptiste-Antoine-Marcellin) - Colonel
Four Colonels rose to higher ranks, they were:
Marisy(Frederic-Christophe-Henri-Pierre-Claude)
Born: 8th July 1765
Colonel 7th Hussars: 23rd June 1794
General de Brigade: 24th March 1803
Member of the Legion d'Honneur: 11th December 1804
Commander of the Legion d'Honneur: 14th June 1804
Colonel de Marisy
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Baron of the Empire: 22nd November 1808
Died: 1st February 1811, assassinated in Spain
Rapp(Jean)
Born: 25th April 1772
Colonel 7th Hussars: 2nd May 1803
General de Brigade: 7th September 1803
General de Division: 24th December 1805
Member of the Legion d'Honneur: 11th December 1803
Commandant of the Legion d'Honneur: 14th June 1803
Grand Officer of the Legion d'Honneur: 30th June 1811
Grand Cross of the Legion d'Honneur: 23rd August 1813
Count of the Empire: 28th January 1809
Died: 8th November 1821
Marx(Daniel)
Born: 23rd January 1761
Colonel 7th Hussars: 21st August 1803
General de Brigade: 30th December 1806
Member of the Legion d'Honneur: 11th December 1803
Officer of the Legion d'Honneur: 14th June 1803
Commander of the Legion d'Honneur: 25th December 1805
Baron of the Empire: 1808
Died: 14th December 1824
Colbert(Pierre-David dit Edouard)
Born: 8th October1774
Colonel 7th Hussars: 30th December 1806
General de Brigade: 9th March 1809
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General de Division: 25th December 1813
Member of the Legion d'Honneur: 1806
Officer of the Legion d'Honneur: 1807
Commandant of the Legion d'Honneur: 17th July 1809
Baron of the Empire: 28th May 1809
Died: 28th December 1853
Colonels killed and wounded while in command of the 7th Regiment de Hussars
Colonel Marisy: wounded 5th August 1796
Colonel Colbert: wounded 17th July 1807
Colonel Eulner: wounded 7th September 1812
Colonel de Marbot: wounded 18th June 1815
Officers killed and wounded while serving with the 7th Regiment de Hussars 1805-1815
Officers killed: Eight
Officers died of wounds: Two
Officers wounded: Sixty Nine
Regimental War Record (Battles and Combats)
1793: Pirmasens
1794: Treves, Grevenmachen, Siege of Mayence
1795: Mannheim
1796: Bopfingen, Neubourg, Villingen, Siege of Kehl, and Lichtenau
1798: Soleure, Berne, Coure, and Einsieden
1800: Engen, Nesselwangen, Feldkirch, and Salzbourg
1805: Mariazell, Affleng, and Austerlitz
1806: Gera, Zehbenick, Prentzlow, Stettin, Lubeck, Czenstowo, andGolymin
1807: Eylau, Heilsberg, and Konisberg
1809: Peising, Ratisbonne, Raab, Wagram and Znaim
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1812: Vilna, Smolensk, Ostrowro, and Borodino
1813: Borna, Altenbourg, Leipzig, and Hanau
1814: Vauchamps, Montereau, Reims, Laon, and Paris
1815: Fleurus and Waterloo
Battle Honours
Jena 1806, Heilsberg 1807, La Moskowa 1812, Hanau 1813, and Vauchamps 1814