PICHEGRU, CHARLES

shärl pēshgrüˈ, 1761–1804, French general in the French Revolutionary Wars. Successful on the Rhine front (1793), he invaded (1794) the Netherlands, entered (1795) Amsterdam and captured the Dutch fleet, which had frozen in the ice. In the same year, however, he secretly negotiated with the Austrians in an attempt to restore the monarchy, to which his own fortune was tied. Pichegru deliberately allowed the Austrians to retake Mannheim. Recalled by the Directory, he was relieved of his command. A deputy to the Council of Five Hundred (1797), Pichegru was elected its president by the royalist majority. He was later arrested in the coup of 18 Fructidor (1797), but he escaped to England. He returned to France in 1803 to carry out a royalist conspiracy with Georges Cadoudal. Pichegru was arrested but was found strangled in his cell before the trial.

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George the Third and Charles Fox: The Concluding Part of the American Revolution - Vol. 2
Book by George Otto Bart Trevelyan; Longmans, Green, and Co., 1912
Subjects: Fox, Charles James--1749-1806, George--Iii--King Of Great Britain--1738-1820, Great Britain--History--George Iii, 1760-1820, Great Britain--Politics And Government--1760-1820, United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783
...the whole body was again under arms, pressing forward to secure a tranquil breakfast, their only meal." 1 Greene, like Pichegru on his first campaign, slept one hour out of the twenty-four, writing till long past midnight, and rising from a snatch...
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Understanding A Tale of Two Cities: A Student Casebook to Issues, Sources, and Historical Documents
Book by George Newlin; Greenwood Press, 1998
Subjects: Dickens, Charles--1812-1870--Tale Of Two Cities--Sources, France--History--Revolution, 1789-1799--Literature And The Revolution
...setback for revolutionary Frances enemies Dumouriez, Charles Francois 1739-1823 --Born at Cambrai, he defeated...December 23, 1793; later career in Egypt with Napoleon Pichegru, Charles 1761-1804 --French general who had great success...
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Pitt Versus Fox: Father & Son, 1735-1806
Book by Erich Eyck, Eric Northcott; George Bell & Sons, 1950
Subjects: Fox, Charles James--1749-1806, Great Britain--Politics And Government--18th Century, Holland, Henry Fox--Baron--1705-1774, Pitt, William--1759-1806, Pitt, William--Earl Of Chatham--1708-1778
...to assassinate him. In February, 1804, his police had uncovered a nest of conspirators, some of whom, such as General Pichegru, had secretly crossed from England in the summer of 1803. It is doubtful whether the English ministers really did know anything...
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The French Revolution and Napoleon
Book by Charles Downer Hazen; Henry Holt, 1917
Subjects: France--History--Revolution, Napoleon--I--Emperor Of The French--1769-1821
...used his position for the restoration of Charles II. But Bonaparte had no notion of acting...principal agents were Georges Cadoudal and Pichegru. Bonaparte, through his police, knew...his accomplices were taken and shot. Pichegru was found strangled in prison.
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Diplomatic History, 1713-1933
Book by Charles Bt. Petrie; Hollis and Carter, 1946
Subjects: World Politics
...himself no mean exponent of the art of propaganda by holding the plebiscite immediately after the discovery of the plot of Pichegru and Cadoudal against his life: "We hoped to give France a King," observed the Chouan leader in prison, "but we have given...
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journal articles on: Pichegru Charles  - 2 results

 
 
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'Volupte': Recit D'un Crime
Journal article by Maureen Jameson; The Romanic Review, Vol. 85, 1994
Subjects: Adultery--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Detective and mystery stories--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Sainte-Beuve, Charles Augustin--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Volupte (Book)--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...vengeresses ne le meneront quen prison; encore se comptera-t-il heureux davoir echappe au sort des principaux conspirateurs, Pichegru, Cadoudal et "Georges", qui seront tous guillotines. Ainsi Amaury dessine, comme toile de fond a son propre aveu, lhistoire...
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Godwin's Case: Melancholy Mourning in the "Empire of Feeling"
Journal article by Ildiko Csengei; Studies in Romanticism, Vol. 48, 2009
Subjects: Authors--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Authors--Works, Godwin, William--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Godwin, William--Works, Writers--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Writers--Works
...Fenwick M sleep. M Hays calls. Pichegru arrested 5. Tu. Fordyce twice...telling horizontal lines. Charles Kegan Paul, for instance...new folio 40; qtd. in Charles Kegan Paul, William Godwin...Cambridge UP, 2003) 123-24; Charles Kegan Paul, "Prefatory Memoir...


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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
...the situation was alarming, and general-in-chief Charles Pichegru was forced to call on the assistance of all available...Napoleon Destroys Prussia (London, 1995); Esdaile, Charles, The Peninsular War; A New History (Penguin, 2002...


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encyclopedia articles on: Pichegru Charles  - 3 results

 
 
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Pichegru, Charles
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
PICHEGRU, CHARLES sharl peshgru , 1761 1804, French general...to which his own fortune was tied. Pichegru deliberately allowed the Austrians to...the Council of Five Hundred (1797), Pichegru was elected its president by the royalist...
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Cadoudal, Georges
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...assassination of Napoleon Bonaparte. In 1803 he returned as the leader of another conspiracy against Napoleon. Generals Charles Pichegru and Jean Victor Moreau were implicated in the plot. Insurrections were planned in Paris and in the provinces, but...
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French Revolutionary Wars
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Austrian and Prussian forces under Charles William Ferdinand , duke of...French commanders, Jourdan and Pichegru , took the offensive. Jourdan...Rhine as far as Mannheim; Pichegru seized the Low Countries...Austrian commander, Archduke Charles , took the offensive, defeating...


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