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Bourmont, Louis Auguste Victor, Comte de

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A French marshal; at the Revolution joined the Bourbons on the frontiers; served the royal cause in La Vendée; held high commands under Napoleon; commanded under Ney on Napoleon's return from Elba; deserted on the eve of Waterloo to Louis XVIII.; gave evidence against Ney to his execution; commanded the expedition against Algiers; refused allegiance to Louis Philippe on his accession, and was dismissed the service (1773-1846).

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Bourmont, Louis Auguste Victor, Comte de'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​b/bourmont-louis-auguste-victor-comte-de.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.