Nicolas Dahlmann
Nicolas Dahlmann ( born December 7, 1769 in Thionville, † February 10, 1807 at the Battle of Eylau Prussian ) was a Général de brigade of the French First Empire.
Life
Dahlmann came as troops child ( enfant de troupe ) for Régiment Dauphin cavalry, where his father was a trumpet player. Here he was remunerated regularly from September 9, 1777 and incorporated as a soldier in the regiment on November 1, 1785 ..
On January 25, 1790, he was promoted to " Brigadier " ( Corporal in the cavalry ), but the regiment left on 5 July 1790 and entered the " Régiment d' Alsace infantry " on 12 November 1790.
He served in 1792 in the Mosel Army ( Armée de Moselle) and in 1793 in the Armée des Pyrénées orientales (Pyrenees Army ) where he was wounded in the Battle of Peyrestortes on September 17, 1793 on the right leg.
From 1796 to 1798 he was with the Armée d' Italie ( Italy Army ) where he was transferred on 22 June 1796 in which the " 13e Chasseurs à cheval de régiment " made " à Cheval Guides " Napoleon. On April 20, 1797 he was promoted to Maréchal des logis, on 20 May 1797 Maréchal des logis chef and on August 15, 1797 Sous- lieutenant.
Dahlmann took part in the 1798 Egyptian expedition of Bonaparte and was in the skirmish at Salahieh ( Upper Egypt ) carried on the battlefield on 12 August 1798 Lieutenant. He fought in the Battle of Aboukir and, after Napoleon's return to France the rank of captain
On January 13, 1800, he was named " adjutant -major " named in the " Grenadiers à Cheval de la Garde Consulaire " ( grenadiers on horseback the Consular Guard ) and received on October 13, 1802 post of Eskadronschef in the " Régiment Chasseurs à Cheval Guards Consulaire " ( regiment hunters on horseback of the Consular Guard ). On 14 June 1804 he was admitted as an officer in the Legion of Honor and received on 9 June 1805, the position of deputy commander of his regiment transferred with the rank of Major du régiment.
He fought on 2 December 1805 in the Battle of Austerlitz and then ( hunters on horseback of the Imperial Guard ) was on 18 December 1805 Colonel -major and regimental commander of the " Chasseurs à Cheval de la Garde impériale " made .
Dahlmann participated in the Battle of Jena on 14 October 1806 and the battles with Lopaczyn on December 25, 1806 and part rose on December 30, 1806 to the rank of Général de brigade.
In the Battle of Eylau on February 8, Prussian 1807, he suffered a fatal wound, where he died on February 10, 1807. ( Ihn. ... hit in the left shrapnel of a deep injury of the kidney caused. Generally this injury is not life threatening ). "
Napoleon had in 1811 the widow a pension of 6,000 francs to his son the title " Baron de'l Empire" was, although only ten years old, awarded.
At the direction of Napoleon 's heart Dahlmann 's been embalmed and buried in the Pantheon.
His name is on the plaques of the Arc de Triomphe on the western pillar in the 20th column on the fourth last.