BUGEAUD DE LA PICONNERIE. bu zho-de-la-pe-lain-e-re, Thomas Robert (Dm n'Istv), marshal of France: b. Limoges, 15 Oct. 1784; d. Paris, 10 June 1849. He be longed to an Irish family which had settled in France with James II on his abdication. He entered the army in 1804 as a grenadier, was corporal at Austerlitz, made the campaigns of Prussia and Poland, and was wounded at Pul tusk in 1806. He afterward went into Spain as lieutenant adjutant-major, gained new promo tion and remained with the army of Aragon till 1814. During these long wars he repeat edly distinguished himself, and received hon orable mention from Suchet, his commander-in chief. On the restoration of the Bourbons he gave his adhesion to them; but on the land ing of Bonaparte, followed the general example by deserting to his old master. After the revo lution of 1830 he was appointed marichal de camp, and in 1831 obtained a seat in the Chamber of Deputies, where he often displayed great good sense, though in a style of oratory so blunt and rustic as occasionally to excite the risibility of his opponents. He was after
ward sent to Algeria, where he gained many advantages over the Arabs, and showed him self possessed of the kind of talents necessary to cope successfully with them and their cele brated leader, Abd-el-Kader. On the revolu tion of 1848, it is said that, if permitted, he would have effectually put down the insurgents and secured the throne to Louis Philippe. He yielded in his adhesion to the republic, but re mained unemployed. He was better received by President Louis Napoleon, who appointed him commander-in-chief of the army of the Alps.