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May 11, 1819
The New Hampshire Gazette
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
What is this article about?
Bonaparte issues an order to the Consular Guard after Horse-Grenadier Grobbin's suicide due to a love affair, the second in a month, urging soldiers to endure personal sorrows with the same courage as in battle.
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The following is a curious Order of the Day issued by Bonaparte, when First Consul on the occasion of an act of suicide committed by a horse grenadier:-
Extract from the Orderly Book of the Horse-Grenadiers of the Consular-Guard.
Order of the 22d Floreal, (year 10.)
The Grenadier Grobbin has destroyed himself in consequence of a love affair.--
He was otherwise a respectable man.-
This is the second event of the kind which has happened in the corps within a month.
The First Consul has directed that it shall be inserted in the Order of the Day of the Guard, that a Soldier ought to know how to subdue sorrow and the agitation of the passions, that there is as much courage in enduring with firmness the pains of the heart as in remaining steady under the grape shot of a battery. To abandon one's self to grief without resistance, to kill one's self in order to escape from it, is to fly from the field of battle before one is conquered
(Signed)- BONAPARTE, First Consul
A true copy
BESSIERES.
Extract from the Orderly Book of the Horse-Grenadiers of the Consular-Guard.
Order of the 22d Floreal, (year 10.)
The Grenadier Grobbin has destroyed himself in consequence of a love affair.--
He was otherwise a respectable man.-
This is the second event of the kind which has happened in the corps within a month.
The First Consul has directed that it shall be inserted in the Order of the Day of the Guard, that a Soldier ought to know how to subdue sorrow and the agitation of the passions, that there is as much courage in enduring with firmness the pains of the heart as in remaining steady under the grape shot of a battery. To abandon one's self to grief without resistance, to kill one's self in order to escape from it, is to fly from the field of battle before one is conquered
(Signed)- BONAPARTE, First Consul
A true copy
BESSIERES.
What sub-type of article is it?
Curiosity
Historical Event
What themes does it cover?
Moral Virtue
Bravery Heroism
Misfortune
What keywords are associated?
Bonaparte Order
Grenadier Suicide
Love Affair
Consular Guard
Endure Sorrow
Military Courage
What entities or persons were involved?
Bonaparte
Grenadier Grobbin
Bessieres
Story Details
Key Persons
Bonaparte
Grenadier Grobbin
Bessieres
Event Date
22d Floreal, (Year 10.)
Story Details
Grenadier Grobbin commits suicide due to a love affair, the second such incident in the corps in a month; Bonaparte orders soldiers to subdue sorrow and passions with courage equal to facing battle, viewing suicide as fleeing before defeat.