| Surname | Gady, de | |
| First Name | Nicolas | |
| Gender | male | |
| Place of birth | Fribourg | |
| Place of death | Montagny | |
| Year of birth | 1766 | |
| Year of death | 1840 | |
| Profession | Officer | |
| Religion | Catholic | |
| Place(s) of activity | Fribourg | |
| Century | 18 / 19 | |
| Biographical information | Son of Ignace. Unmarried. In 1782, he joined the French military service. In 1792, he returned to Switzerland and became a member of the council of Two Hundred in Fribourg. When the Ancien Régime collapsed in 1798, he went into exile in Poland and joined the Bachmann Regiment in the English military. As a captain, he took part in the campaign of 1799 and fought in Graubünden in 1800. Governor of the militia of Freiburg (1804-14) and federal division commander (1815). Until the July revolution in 1830, he was colonel general of the Swiss regiments in France. He served in the rank of Maréchal de camp. | |
| Title | (a) Quelquel Reflexions Sur les campagnes de 1799, 1800 et 1801 [...] | |
| Genre / Art |
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| Additional genre details | Kriegsbericht | |
| Period writen | ||
| Period covered | 1799 to 1801 | |
| Format / Language | Autograph, French | |
| Physical description | 57 pages, 34,2-35,8/22cm. |
| Content | In his text, Gady describes his experiences as an officer in the Bachmann Regiment during the War of the Second Coalition, which he intersperses with personal considerations. |
| Place of deposit | AEF/StAFR |
| Classification | Fonds Gady (Carton Mémoires et rapports) |
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Foerster, Hubert. Der Freiburger Nicolas de Gady und seine Kompanie im Schweizer Emigrantenregiment Bachmann im 2. Koalitionskrieg (1799-1801). In: Freiburger Geschichtsblätter 69 (1992), S. 105-208. |
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| Author | Basel |
