Latour D'Auvergne
THÉO- PHILE MALO CORRET DE (lä-tör' dō-vārny), dubbed by Napoleon "First Grenadier of the Armies of the Republic"; born in Carhaix, Finistère, of an illegitimate branch of the family of the Dukes of Latour d'Auvergne, Nov. 23, 1743. He enlisted as a musketeer in 1767, and distinguished himself at the siege of Port Mahon in 1782. But he steadily refused advancement in military rank, and was killed, a simple captain, June 28, 1800, at Oberhausen, near Neuburg in Bavaria. His remains were carried to Paris and interred in the Panthéon on Aug. 4, 1889. French biographies are full of instances of his daring valor, his Spartan simplicity of life, and his chivalrous affection for his friends.
LATVIA When he died the whole French army mourned for him three days; his saber was placed in the Church of the Invalides at Paris. Latour d'Auvergne was also a student of languages, and wrote "Language, Origin and Antiquity of the Bretons."