Foy, Maxim I Lien

SEBASTIEN, a French general and orator, B. at Ham, 1775. He entered the army at 15 years of age, and made his first campaign under Dumouriez in 1792. He displayed his military talents to great advantage in Italy, Germany, and Portugal; and succeeded Marmont as commander-in-chief after the battle of Salamanca, when he conducted a skilful retreat to the Douro. He received his 15th wound on the field of Waterloo, but refused to quit his post until the close of that engagement. He was afterwards employed as inspector general of infantry; and in 1819 was elected a member of the Chamber of Deputies; where he distinguished himself as an orator, and was a great public favorite. He died in 1825; and having left his widow and family in destitute circumstances, a most liberal subscription was immediately entered into, to provide for them, and to erect a monument to his memory. From his MSS. a History of the Peninsular War has been published by his widow. Foy'ers, a river of Scotland, co. Inverne , falling into Loch Ne . It is noted for its fine cataract called the Falls of Foyers, falling from a sheer height of over 90 ft. Foyle, a river of Ireland, formed by the junction of the Finn and Mourne at Lifford, which, after a N. course of about 14 m., expands into Lough Foyle, q . v. Foyle, (Lough,) an arm of the North Channel between Donegal and London derry, Ireland. It receives the waters of the river Foyle. Length , abt. 18 m. by 9 in width.