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'''Charles Humbert Marie Vincent''', (March 21, 1753 - July 27, 1831)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.napoleon-series.org/research/frenchgenerals/c_frenchgenerals40.html|title |
'''Charles Humbert Marie Vincent''', (March 21, 1753 - July 27, 1831)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.napoleon-series.org/research/frenchgenerals/c_frenchgenerals40.html|title=Generals Who Served in the French Army during the Period 1789 - 1814|access-date=2020-08-10|archive-date=2020-11-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116145510/https://www.napoleon-series.org/research/frenchgenerals/c_frenchgenerals40.html|url-status=live}}</ref> was a French general of the Revolution and the Empire. |
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==Life== |
==Life== |
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Charles Humbert Marie Vincent, (March 21, 1753 - July 27, 1831)[1] was a French general of the Revolution and the Empire.
Life
Vincent entered the French military service on 1 January 1773 , as a lieutenant in the School of Engineering Mezieres. In 1779, he conducted a mission along Jura Mountains which lie on the French border with Switzerland. He received his captain's certificate on March 23, 1786. He was sent to Saint-Domingue on April 14, 1786, and he returned to France in 1791. He was made a Knight of St. Louis on 1 January 1791.
In May 1792, he returned to Saint-Domingue, but after the riots of June 1793 in Capetown, he was forced to flee to the United States. Repatriated in August 1795, he was appointed head of the battalion on 21 March 1795, during his stay in America. On 23 February 1796, he was elevated to the rank of brigade leader, and on 23 March, he was sent back to Santo Domingo, as director general of the fortifications of the Leeward Islands. Back in France in December 1797, he returned to Saint-Domingue on September 29, 1798. Back in Lorient on November 2, 1799, he was assigned to the Ministry of War.
In 1801, he was the bearer of the constitution established by Toussaint Louverture, and he advised the First Consul against making the Saint-Domingue expedition, but his advice was not heeded. On 29 January 1803, he was placed in Amiens, as director of fortifications, then he moved to Bayonne, with the same function. He was made a Knight of the Legion of Honor on December 11, 1803, and an officer of the order on June 14, 1804.
In 1807, he was appointed to the position of chief engineer command of the army of Portugal, under the orders of General Jean-Andoche Junot. After the capture of Lisbon on 1 December 1807 and the conquest of Portugal, he was responsible for providing for defending the conquered territories.
Vincent returned to Bayonne in 1809, where he was promoted to honorary brigadier general on 22 September 1814, and titular field marshal on 28 August 1815.
Vincent was admitted to retirement on October 28, 1815. He died on July 27, 1831, in Bayonne.
References
- ^ "Generals Who Served in the French Army during the Period 1789 - 1814". Archived from the original on 2020-11-16. Retrieved 2020-08-10.
