François-Nicolas-Benoît Haxo
François Nicolas Benoît, Baron Haxo (* June 24, 1774 in Luneville, † June 25, 1838 in Paris) was a French general.
Life
Haxo occurred at an early stage in the engineering corps. After fighting on the Rhine and in Switzerland and the fortresses Bitsch and Geneva had expanded, he distinguished himself at the siege of Saragossa 1809 particularly pointing. Promoted to colonel, he took with great success at the Battle of Wagram and earned special recognition again in Spain by the rapid ingestion of Lleida and Mequinenza. 1812, he was a Brigadier General in the General Staff of Napoleon and was promoted for his outstanding achievements in the Battle of Mogilev to Division General.
After Haxo had 1813 fixing Hamburg passed, he was assigned to Vandamme, came at Kulm in captivity and was released after the Peace of Paris of 30 May 1814. Although he was passed in 1815 during the episode of the Hundred Days back to Napoleon and had participated in the Battle of Waterloo, Louis XVIII appointed him. Inspector-General of genius being. 1832 led Haxo under Gérard the siege of the citadel of Antwerp and ended his military career with the preparation of a draft for the attachment of Paris. 1832 Haxo a peer was charged.
François Nicolas Benoît, Baron Haxo died one day after his 64th Gurtstag on June 25, 1838 in Paris, and found in the Cimetière Père Lachaise his final resting place.