DROUET, Henri, drooT, French natural ist; b. Troyes 1829; d. He became known by his researches in natural science and in 1855 published
DROUET, Jean Baptiste, Comte d'Erlon, French marshal: b. Rheims, 29 July 1765; d. Paris, 25 Jan. 1844. Entering the army as a private in 1782, he saw active serv ice in 1793-96 and became aide-de-camp to General Lefevre, and he was appointed brigadier-general in 1799. In the following year he was made general of a division which was active in the campaign of 1805-07, especially at Jena and Friedland, where he was wounded.
His services won for him the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor and elevated him to title of Comte d'Erlon. His conduct in the Penin sular War was highly distinguished. After the fall of Napoleon he was arrested on the charge of conspiring against the royal family. On the return of Napoleon from Elba he contrived to seize the citadel of Lille, in which he had been imprisoned and held it for the Emperor, who made him a peer of France. At the battle of Waterloo he commanded the 1st corps d' armee. After the capitulation of Paris he fled to Bavaria, where he resided till the July Revolu tion, when he returned to France and received in 1832 the command of the army of Vendee. During 1834-35 he held the office of governor general of Algeria, and in 1843 was elevated to the rank of marshal. Some autobiographical notes appeared in 1844.