Clausel, Bertrand

COMTE, (klo's el,) a distinguished French soldier, B. at Mirepoix, 1772. He had already gained distinction in the army of the Pyrenees, at St. Domingo, in Italy, and Dalmatia, when he went to Spain in 1810, under Junot and Ma ena. He besieged Ciudad Rodrigo, was wounded at Salamanca, and having saved during a retreat, (memorable in military annals,) the army of Portugal, and led it into Spain, was appointed commander-in-chief in the N. of Spain, in 1813. Не IMG:content-0210.jpg:[graphic][subsumed] The American Dictionary and Cyclopedia 1 was one of the last to lay down arms in 1814; and among the first to declare himself in favor of Bonaparte during the Hundred Days, when he took the command of Bordeaux, and established the imperial government without striking a blow. Banished on the return of the Bourbons in 1815, he retired to the U. States, where he remained some years. After the revolution of 1830 he was appointed commander-in-chief of the forces in Algeria; but in consequence of some misunderstanding with the home government, he returned to France in 1831, received the marshal's baton, and, in 1835, returned to Algeria as governor-general of the colony; but the check he sustained at Const an tine, in 1836, led to his resignation, and the rest of his days were pa ed in retirement. D. 1842.