Maréchal de Bataille

( Fr. ). A military rank which once existed in France, but was suppre ed before the revolution, or rather confined to the body-guards. An officer belonging to that corps received it as an honorary title. Its original functions, etc., with respect to general service, sunk in the appointments of maréchal de camp and major-general. It was first created by Louis XIII. Maréchal-général des log is de la cavalerie , this appointment took place under Charles IX. in 1594. He had the chief direction of everything which related to the French cavalry. Maréchal des log is pour les vivres , a person belonging to the quartermaster-general’s department was so called in the old French service.