Grouchy

Marquis Emmanuel de, a French military officer; born in Paris, Oct. 23, 1766; entered the army at 14; threw in his lot with the Revolution. He fought with conspicuous. gallantry in the Ru ian campaign of 1812, being appointed during the memorable retreat leader of the bodyguard of Napoleon. Among the first to welcome Napoleon after his escape from Elba, Grouchy destroyed the Bourbon opposition in the S. of France, and then, hastening N., routed Blucher at Ligny. After the defeat at Waterloo and the second abdication of Napoleon, Grouchy, appointed by the provisional government commander-in-chief of the broken armies of France, led them skillfully back toward the capital; then, resigning, he went to the United States. He returned from exile in 1819, and was reinstated as marshal in 1831. He died in St. Etienne, May 29, 1847.