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Pierre-Jacques Osten | |
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 Pierre-Jacques Osten, 1772, engraving by Ludwig Gotlieb Portman | |
| Born | 4 April 1758 Menen, West Flanders, Belgium |
| Died | 16 March 1814 (aged 55) Hamburg, Germany |
| Allegiance |  United Belgian States Kingdom of France French Republic French Empire Kingdom of France French Kingdom |
| Service/ | French Army |
| Years of service | 1789–1814 |
| Rank | Brigadier general |
| Battles/wars | French Revolutionary Wars Napoleonic Wars |
| Awards | Commander of the Legion of Honour |
Pierre-Jacques Osten (4 April 1758 – 16 March 1814) was a Belgian general during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.
Early life and family[edit]
Osten was born in Menen, West Flanders, then part of Austrian Netherlands. Osten worked as a master carpenter in Menen and married Judith Remaut (1753-1812) on 15 October 1776. They had four children:
Peter Andreas (Menen 1776-Hertogenbosch in 1804, aide de camp for his father) Ludovica Francisca (Menen 1778) Judith Rosalie (Menen 1780) Jan Carolus (1782 Menen - Menen 1782)
The divorce was issued on April 26, 1802. He married secondly, Nathalie Eugenie Pardoen (1766-1802). Here, two children were born:
Julia Aimable (Lille 1792) Jacques Octave (Middelburg 1798 - 1863 Chaudfontaine)
Career[edit]
Brabant Revolution[edit]
He was a supporter of the Vonckists and took an active role in the Brabant Revolution against the Austrians, and was made a second lieutenant in the army of the short-lived United Belgian States on 21 November 1789. Osten performed admirably under the direction of Jean-André van der Mersch and was made a captain on 1 April 1790.[1]
War of the First Coalition[edit]
When France declared war on Austria in 1792, Osten left for France to fight in the War of the First Coalition as part of the Army of the North, commanded by Nicolas Luckner. On 3 August 1792, he was appointed a colonel of the Corps de volontaires belges under the command of General Charles Joseph de Nozières d'Envezin.[2]
Napoleonic Wars[edit]
During the Walcheren Campaign in 1809, he was forced to surrender to an army of 30,000 English soldiers headed by the Earl of Chatham. He was taken prisoner along with hundreds of others and sent to England. He was among many who successfully escaped from England after being sentenced to live on parole. His daughter had accompanied him from Flushing, and being free to leave, she departed with all of her father's belongings in December 1809. Osten, who had been on parole in Lichfield, escaped with two other officers with the help of a smuggler, and 46 hours later he was back in Holland.[3][4]
References[edit]
- ^ Mullié, Charles (1851). Biographie des célébrités militaires des armées de terre et de mer de 1789 à 1850 (in French). Retrieved 22 November 2016.
- ^ Verdot, Jean Maurice; Bégat, Pierre (1844). Fastes de la Légion-d'honneur: biographie de tous les décorés accompagnée de l'histoire législative et réglementaire de l'ordre (in French). Bureau de l'administration. p. 458. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
- ^ Adkins, Roy; Adkins, Lesley (2008). The War for All the Oceans: From Nelson at the Nile to Napoleon at Waterloo. Penguin. pp. 257–259. ISBN 9781440638626.
- ^ Abell, Francis; Milford, Humphrey (1914). Prisoners of war in Britain, 1756 to 1815; a record of their lives, their romance and their sufferings. Oxford University Press. pp. 382–383. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
Category:1758 births Category:1814 deaths Category:People from Menen Category:Commanders of the Legion of Honour Category:French commanders of the Napoleonic Wars Category:Belgian generals Category:Military leaders of the French Revolutionary Wars Category:French Republican military leaders of the French Revolutionary Wars Category:French military personnel of the French Revolutionary Wars