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a Pair Of French 50-Bore Flintlock Box-Lock Pocket Pistols Given To General Pierre DaumesnilBy Fatou A Paris, Circa 1800
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Find your local specialista Pair Of French 50-Bore Flintlock Box-Lock Pocket Pistols Given To General Pierre Daumesnil
By Fatou A Paris, Circa 1800
By Fatou A Paris, Circa 1800
3.5 cm. barrels
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Sold in these Rooms, Antique Arms & Armour, 14 April 2005, lot 277
General Pierre Daumesnil (1776-1832) joined the French army at the age of seventeen having fled his home in the Dordogne after killing a man in a duel. He served with distinction throughout the Napoleonic Wars and was serving in Napoleon's Guides by June 1797. He saw service in Egypt in 1798 and during the siege of St. Jean de Acre he saved Bonaparte's life by throwing himself against the blast of a shell that had landed at his feet. He fought at Austerlitz and Eylan, campaigned in Spain and saw action in Wagram where he lost a leg. Daumesnil became Governor of the fortress of Vincennes and it was here that he is best remembered for refusing to surrender the fortress to the Allies between 1814 and 1815








