BRUNE, GUILLAUME MARIE ANNE marshal of France, the son of an advocate, was born at Brives la-Gaillarde (Correze), on March 13 1763. He was a member of the Cordeliers' club, and was appointed in 1793 to a superior command in the army direct from civil life. In 5796 he fought under Bonaparte in Italy, and was promoted general of division. In 1798 he commanded the French army which occupied Switzer land, and in 1799 the French troops in Holland when he de fended Amsterdam against the Anglo-Russian expedition under the duke of York. In 1807 Brune, who had been promoted marshal in 1804, held a command in north Germany, but he was not afterwards employed during the First Empire. As com mander of the army of the Var in 1815 he defended the south of France against the Austrians, and was murdered at Avignon on Aug. 2 1815.
See P. Marmoiton, Le marechal Brune (19oo) ; J. E. Gachot, Les campagnes de 1799, Brune en Hollande (1906) ; P. P. Vermeil de Conchard, Etudes historiques sur le Marechal Brune (1g18) .