Marshal Nicholas Jean de Dieu Soult, duc de Dalmatie, 1769-1851

 Marshal Nicholas Jean de Dieu Soult, duc de Dalmatie, 1769-1851

Marshal Soult was among the most capable of all Napoleon's marshals, increasing from the ranks to eventually become the Grand Old Man of the French Army, and just the fourth person to be made Maréchal-général of the French military.


In 1792, during the very first military catastrophe of the revolution, he had been commissioned at the grenadiers. Over the following four years he demonstrated himself to be courageous but not irresponsible, and in 1796 had been promoted to general of brigade. In 1799 he participate in the Swiss effort, fighting under General Masséna. Soult was notable in this success, and has been promoted to general of division.


In 1800 Soult participate in the Italian campaign, once more working with Masséna. This first effort finished with all the outnumbered French besieged in Genoa. This was Soult initially came to the attention of Napoleon, who up till this stage just knew him by his own standing. Napoleon requested Masséna when Soult deserved his standing, to that Masséna responded that"for decision and guts his rarely has a superior". This high compliments made Soult a top control for the remaining Italian campaign.Soult was encouraged to marshal from the"great creation" of 1804, a portion of this production of Napoleon's Empire. Following the Close of the Peace of Amiens, Soult has been made to command the Army of England in Boulogne. Even though the invasion never happened, in 1805 that military turned into the Grande Armée and goes on to acquire a number of Napoleon's most famous successes.


It had been this wing which caught the Pratzen heights, the secret to the whole battle.


Soult would spend the majority of the remainder of the war fighting in Spain and Portugal, and are among the very few French generals to emerge in your Peninsular War together with his reputation mostly intact.


This effort started with a series of French successes that enabled Napoleon to input Madrid, but the French effort was subsequently interrupted with a British army under Sir John Moore. Considering that Napoleon was delayed at Madrid, Moore chose to move north west and assault Soult, whose military was defending the major line of communication back to France.


Moore's answer was to head north west Corunna, from where his military would be summoned to safety. Initially both Soult and Napoleon have been in pursuit, but when Moore escaped across the river Esla, Napoleon fell from the race, leaving Soult responsible control.


Although Soult managed to conquer Moore's Spanish allies at Mansilla on 30 December 1808, the British managed to attain Corunna. On 16 January Soult assaulted the British position in Corunna and has been repulsed. Moore was killed in the conflict, but what was left of the army was safely evacuated.


Soult's focus then turned into Portugal. Back in March 1809 he conquered a Portuguese military in Oporto, a success marred by the collapse of a bridge carrying refugees from town. Once More the British reacted by sending a military into Portugal under the command of Arthur Wellesley (shortly to become Viscount Wellington). The British immediately moved against Soult, who had been not able to keep them from crossing the river Douro (conflict of Oporto, 12 May 1809), also has been forced to retreat back to Galicia.

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