"Napoleon's Admirals: Flag Officers of the Arc de Triomphe" Topic
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Tango01 | 17 Jul 2019 9:49 p.m. PST |
….1789-1815 "On the four sides of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, serried tablets display the names of 660 honored commanders of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Most are those of generals and marshals of the French Army – but 26 of them are those of admirals, commanders of the fleets of Republican and Napoleonic France. In Napoleon's Admirals, Richard Humble presents not only their individual stories, but an entirely new appraisal of the Anglo-French naval war of 1793-1814: the longest sea war in modern history. Many myths are exploded in this book. The aristocratic officers of the French Navy did not emigrate en masse when the Revolution came, leaving the Navy leaderless and doomed to repeated defeats at sea. These former King's officers stayed, and loyally tried to serve their country as the Revolution pursued its wasteful and unpredictable course. Three of them paid for their loyalty under the guillotine…."
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Artilleryman | 18 Jul 2019 1:05 a.m. PST |
I heard a story once about the different way officers in the French armed forces are addressed. An officer in the army is addressed with the epithet 'Mon' as in 'Mon Colonel'. This 'mon' is not 'my' but a shortened version of 'monsieur', alluding to their status. French naval officers do not get the 'mon' and are simply 'Capitain' etc. Apparently Napoleon removed the epithet after Trafalgar as he was so angry. Has anyone else heard this? On one level it sounds quite Napoleonic, but why would it carry on? Why would an organisation perpetrate a disgrace? Like the British Royal Artillery's white lanyard, I wonder if it is just a legend. |
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