AUGEREAU, PIERRE FRANqOIS CHARLES, duke of.Castiglione, marshal and peer of France, one of the most brilliant and intrepid of that band of general officers whom Napoleon gathered around himself, was the son of a tradesman, and was b. 21st Oct., 1857. After serving some time in the French carabineers, into which he enlisted at the age of 17, he entered the Neapolitan service, in which lie remained until 1787, when he settled in Naples as a fencing-Master. Whh other French residents, lie was banished from that city in 1792, and immediately volunteered into the French revolutionary army intended for the repulsion of the Spaniards. 1Iis services were so conspicuous, that in less titan three years he was made general of a division. In 1795 he accompanied the army to Italy, where he greatly distinguished himself, especially in the field, but also in the council. Ile took an active part and gained much glory in the battles of .Millusinm,
Ceva, Lodi, Castiglione (for which he received his title). Hovered°, Bassani). etc. In 1797, he was appointetd to the command of the army of the Rhine; but in a few months after. the directory not liking the spirit he displayed there, made him commander of the 10th division at Perpignan. Tlds post he resigned in 1799, when he was elected as deputy into the council of the five hundred. In 1801 lie received the command of the army in Holland. anti was active in several engagements. In 1804 he was made a marshal; and in the following year he commanded a division of the army which reduced the Vorarl berg; and was afterwards engaged at Wetzlai', Jena, Eylau; also in Italy (1809); Spain (1810); Berlin, Bavaria, and Saxony (1813). He d. June It, 1816.