MASSÉNA, ANDRÉ

äNdrāˈ mäsānäˈ, 1758–1817, marshal of France, b. Nice. Of humble origin, he entered (1791) the French army and rose rapidly because of his brilliant tactical abilities. He served under Napoleon Bonaparte in the Italian campaign, won the battle of Rivoli (1797), where he earned a reputation for rapaciousness, and distinguished himself in Napoleon's campaigns of 1800 and 1809 against Austria. In 1799, Masséna's victory over the Russians at Zürich saved France from invasion by the Second Coalition (see French Revolutionary Wars). Masséna's subsequent failure in the Peninsular War is often attributed to the lack of cooperation of the other French commanders. Masséna's relations with Napoleon were somewhat strained because of Masséna's republican convictions, but he lacked political ambition, and Napoleon honored his military achievements by making him duke of Rivoli (1808) and prince of Essling (1810). After Napoleon's fall in 1814, Masséna supported Louis XVIII, who raised him to the peerage (1815). His neutral attitude during the Hundred Days was attacked by the royalists after the Restoration.

See his Mémoires (7 vol., 1848–50, repr. 1966–67); biography by J. H. Marshall-Cornwall (1965).

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books on: MassEna AndrE  - 182 results

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An Illustrated History of France
Book by André Maurois, Henry L. Binsse, Gerard Hopkins; Viking Press, 1960
Subjects: France--History
AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF FRANCE -2- Andre Maurois AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF FRANCE Translated by Henry L. Binsse and Gerard Hopkins THE VIKING PRESS NEW YORK...
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The Titans: A Three-Generation Biography of the Dumas
Book by André Maurois, Gerard Hopkins; Harper & Brothers, 1957
Subjects: Authors, French--19th Century--Biography, Dumas, Alexandre--1802-1870--Family, Dumas, Alexandre--1824-1895--Family, Dumas, Thomas Alexandre--1762-1806--Family, Fiction, Generals--France--Biography
...better man. General Thibault, who served with him, has left this portrait. There was another general of division under Massenas orders, named Dumas. He was a mulatto, not without ability, and quite the bravest, strongest and most active man whom I have...
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The Origins of Printing and Engraving
Book by André Blum, Harry Miller Lydenberg; Charles Scribners Sons, 1940
Subjects: Engraving--History, Illustrated Books--15th And 16th Centuries, Printing--History--Origin And Antecedents
...ITALIAN SCHOOL 15TH CENTURY Profile of a woman of Urbino Berlin Print Room THE ORIGINS OF PRINTING AND ENGRAVING by ANDRE BLUM Translated from the French by HARRY MILLER LYDENBERG CHARLES SCRIBNERS SONS NEW YORK 1940 COPYRIGHT, 1940, BY...
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Adrienne: The Life of the Marquise de la Fayette
Book by André Maurois; McGraw-Hill, 1961
Subjects: Lafayette, Marie Adrienne De Noailles--Marquise De--1759-1807
Adrienne AMONG THE BOOKS BY ANDRE MAUROIS ARIEL: The Life of Shelley...LIFE OF THE MARQUISE DE LA FAYETTE ANDRE MAUROIS TRANSLATED BY GERARD HOPKINS...LONDON ADRIENNE Copyright 1961 by Andre Maurois. Printed in the United States...
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Napoleon's Satellite Kingdoms
Book by Owen Connelly; Free Press, 1966
Subjects: Europe--History--1789-1815, France--History--Consulate And First Empire, 1799-1815
...LEspagne et Napoleon 1908- 1931 ; Andre Fugier, Napoleon et LEspagne 1930...that his eyes were elsewhere. Marshal Massena was dispatched to command the army of...things. His plans formed part of what Andre Fugier calls Napoleons " politique of...
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"As Though There Was No Boundary": The Shipshaw Project and Continental Integration
Journal article by David Massell; American Review of Canadian Studies, Vol. 34, 2004
Subjects: Alcan Inc.--History, Aluminum industry--History, Cross cultural studies, Cross-cultural studies, Hydroelectric power plants--History, Saguenay Valley--History, World War II, 1939-1945
...Massena, New York, Chronological Notes, copy at Alcoa Primary Metals, North-East Smelting Region, Massena Operations. 33. On Cedar Rapids, see Andre Bolduc, Clarence Hogue, and Daniel Larouche, Quebec: un siecle delectricite (Edition Libre Expression...
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The Generals: Andrew Jackson, Sir Edward Pakenham, and the Road to the Battle of New Orleans
Journal article by Jason R. Musteen; Parameters, Vol. 36, 2006
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, The Generals: Andrew Jackson, Sir Edward Pakenham, and the Road to the Battle of New Orleans (Book)--Book reviews
...of Wellington was forced to sign the unpopular Convention of Cintra. Napoleons highly competent subordinate, Marshal Andre Massena, is incorrectly identified as "Andrea," and Marshal Nicolas Soult, the Duke of Dalmatia, is called the "Duke de Soult...


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magazine articles on: MassEna AndrE  - 4 results

 
 
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Fighting for Napoleon: General Gazan De la Peyriere: Natalia Griffon De Pleineville Remembers a Career Soldier in Napoleon's Army Who Won Distinctions for His Energy and Commitment over Twenty Years, but Who Made a Decisive Mistake in 1813
Magazine article by Natalia Griffon De Pleineville; History Today, Vol. 53, April 2003
Subjects: Battles, Gazan de la Peyriere, Honore Theodore Maxime
...general de brigade, and his friend Andre Massena, general-in-chief of the French...of the Rusian general Korsakov, Massena sent an advance guard under Gazan...Zurich. Impressed by Gazans courage, Massena immediately promoted him general...
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The Right Man in the Right Place
Magazine article by David Chandler; History Today, Vol. 49, June 1999
Subjects: Emperors--Biography, Napoleon I, Emperor of the French--Biography, Toulon, France--History
...the arrival of a new force under General de Brigade Andre Massena (future Marshal of the Empire and Duc de Rivoli, who...eighteen per cent of them. On the eastern side of the bay Massena seized Fort dArtiques, while Bonaparte busied himself...
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The Keystone Kommandos - Just Months after Pearl Harbor the Third Reich Secretly Sent Two Small Teams of Would-Be Saboteurs to the United States. Their Mission: Cripple U.S. Industry. but Things Went Badly Wrong. What Happened Is a Story of Confusion, Low Comedy, and Betrayal- and the Creation of a Precedent for the Military Tribunals Being Proposed by the Bush Administration Today
Magazine article by Gary Cohen; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 289, February 2002
Subjects: Commando troops, Dasch, George John--Behavior, German history, Germany--History, National security--History, Sabotage--History, Special operations (Military science), United States--History, World War II, 1939-1945
...communicate with Germany, and had no plans to return home until after the war. In response Biddle cited the case of Major John Andre, the British officer executed during the Revolutionary War for passing through American lines with the intention of bribing...
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Keystone Kommandos: Just Months after Pearl Harbor the Third Reich Secretly Sent Two Small Teams of Would-Be Saboteurs to the United States ..
Magazine article by Gary Cohen; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 289, February 2002
Subjects: German history, United States history, United States--Military policy, World War II, 1939-1945
...communicate with Germany, and had no plans to return home until after the war. In response Biddle cited the case of Major John Andre, the British officer executed during the Revolutionary War for passing through American lines with the intention of bribing...


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encyclopedia articles on: MassEna AndrE  - 4 results

 
 
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MassÉna, AndrÉ
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
MASSENA, ANDRE aNdra masana , 1758 1817, marshal of...1800 and 1809 against Austria. In 1799, Massenas victory over the Russians at Zurich saved...Coalition (see French Revolutionary Wars ). Massenas subsequent failure in the Peninsular...
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Marmont, Auguste FrÉdÉric Louis Viesse De
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...part in his coup of 18 Brumaire (1799). In 1808 he was made duke of Ragusa and later governor of Illyria. He succeeded Andre Massena as commander in the Peninsular War , but was defeated (1812) at Salamanca. In command of the defense of Paris in...
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Helvetic Republic
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...army defeated the French at Zurich (June), but Austro-Russian discord led to the victory (Sept.), again at Zurich, of Andre Massena over a Russian army under General Korsakov. General Suvorov, who arrived from Italy to aid Korsakov, was obliged to...
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Peninsular War
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Driven back into Portugal by Andre Massena at Bussaco (Sept., 1810), Wellesley...centered at Torres Vedras, which Massenas forces attempted to penetrate (Oct. Mar., 1811). Lacking supplies, Massena retreated into Spain (Mar. Apr...


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