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Empire">Second French Empire</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Service <wbr />/ branch</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/French_Army" title="French Army">French Army</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Years of service</th><td class="infobox-data">1827–1870</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Divisional_General" class="mw-redirect" title="Divisional General">Général de Division</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Battles / wars</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/French_conquest_of_Algeria" title="French conquest of Algeria">Conquest of Algeria</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Crimean_War" title="Crimean War">Crimean War</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Second_French_intervention_in_Mexico" title="Second French intervention in Mexico">French Intervention in Mexico</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Second_Italian_War_of_Independence" title="Second Italian War of Independence">Franco-Austrian War</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Franco-Prussian_War" title="Franco-Prussian War">Franco-Prussian War</a> <a href="/wiki/Killed_in_action" title="Killed in action"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Old English Text MT',serif"><b>†</b></span></a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Awards</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Legion_of_Honour" title="Legion of Honour">Legion of Honour</a> (Grand Officier)</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Charles Abel Douay</b> (2 March 1809 – 4 August 1870) was a general in the French army during the reign of the <a href="/wiki/Emperor_of_the_French" title="Emperor of the French">Emperor</a> <a href="/wiki/Napoleon_III" title="Napoleon III">Napoleon III</a>. He commanded troops in numerous French campaigns in Europe and overseas. He was killed in battle at the age of sixty-one, near <a href="/wiki/Wissembourg" title="Wissembourg">Wissembourg</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Franco-Prussian_War" title="Franco-Prussian War">Franco-Prussian War</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_career">Early life and career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Abel_Douay&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Charles Abel Douay was born in the city of <a href="/wiki/Draguignan" title="Draguignan">Draguignan</a> on 2 March 1809.<sup id="cite_ref-EB_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EB-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He became a well-known and well-respected military officer, described roundly as an "able"<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and "intrepid"<sup id="cite_ref-Williams150_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Williams150-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> soldier. He served in <a href="/wiki/French_Algeria" title="French Algeria">Algeria</a>, in the <a href="/wiki/Crimean_War" title="Crimean War">Crimean War</a> and in <a href="/wiki/Second_Italian_War_of_Independence" title="Second Italian War of Independence">Italy</a> in 1859.<sup id="cite_ref-EB_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EB-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He was the elder brother of General <a href="/wiki/F%C3%A9lix_Douay" title="Félix Douay">Félix Charles Douay</a> (1816–1879), who was also a distinguished career officer.<sup id="cite_ref-Zola62_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Zola62-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (Because of their similar names and overlapping careers, the elder Douay is most frequently referred to as "Abel Douay".)<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the beginning of the Franco-Prussian War, Abel Douay had already settled into his position as president of the <a href="/wiki/Military_academy" title="Military academy">military academy</a> at <a href="/wiki/%C3%89cole_sp%C3%A9ciale_militaire_de_Saint-Cyr" title="École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr">Saint-Cyr</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Wawro_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wawro-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Death">Death</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Abel_Douay&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Recalled to active duty at the outbreak of war in 1870, the academy president was given command of a <a href="/wiki/Division_(military)" title="Division (military)">division</a> under <a href="/wiki/Marshal" title="Marshal">Marshal</a> <a href="/wiki/Patrice_de_Mac-Mahon" class="mw-redirect" title="Patrice de Mac-Mahon">Patrice de Mac-Mahon</a> at the frontline,<sup id="cite_ref-Wawro_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wawro-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and on the first day of the first battle of the war, Abel Douay was killed in combat, hit by an <a href="/wiki/Artillery" title="Artillery">artillery</a> explosion.<sup id="cite_ref-Horne271_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Horne271-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The subsequent <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Wissembourg_(1870)" title="Battle of Wissembourg (1870)">Battle of Wissembourg</a> (4 August 1870) proved a disaster for the French. Demoralized by the loss of their commander,<sup id="cite_ref-Horne271_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Horne271-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Douay's outnumbered division fell back. By the end of the month, a crushing loss at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Sedan" title="Battle of Sedan">Battle of Sedan</a> eliminated Mac-Mahon's entire army and, with it, the <a href="/wiki/Second_French_Empire" title="Second French Empire">Second French Empire</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Battle_of_Wissembourg">Battle of Wissembourg</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Abel_Douay&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Battle of Wissembourg"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Wissembourg_(1870)" title="Battle of Wissembourg (1870)">Battle of Wissembourg (1870)</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Abel-Douay-monument.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Abel-Douay-monument.jpg/220px-Abel-Douay-monument.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="159" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Abel-Douay-monument.jpg/330px-Abel-Douay-monument.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Abel-Douay-monument.jpg/440px-Abel-Douay-monument.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2767" data-file-height="2000" /></a><figcaption>1909 photo showing a memorial stone marking the spot of General Douay's death on the battlefield of Wissembourg</figcaption></figure> <p>On 3 August 1870, the 61-year-old Abel Douay led the forward division of Mac-Mahon's army group, a force of approximately 8,600,<sup id="cite_ref-Wawro_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wawro-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Howard100_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Howard100-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> into the frontier town of Wissembourg in <a href="/wiki/Alsace" title="Alsace">Alsace</a>, the border region between the two combatant nations.<sup id="cite_ref-Howard100101_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Howard100101-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Faulty intelligence had characterized the <a href="/wiki/Prussia" title="Prussia">Prussians</a>' border positions as weak and unready,<sup id="cite_ref-Howard100101_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Howard100101-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Abel Douay's superiors felt confident that he could repulse any enemy probes while making use of the town's badly needed food and resources.<sup id="cite_ref-Howard100_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Howard100-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Though the logistical benefit of the seizure of Wissembourg's stores was keenly appreciated at first, the tactical and strategic drawbacks quickly became known: the town, a flat lowland place with antiquated seventeenth-century fortifications,<sup id="cite_ref-Howard100_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Howard100-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> faced thickly wooded countryside which would help cover the advance of the attackers.<sup id="cite_ref-Ollier25_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ollier25-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At 8:30am the next day, batteries of undetected Prussian artillery began pummelling the French position, and though Abel Douay attempted a rapid defensive posture,<sup id="cite_ref-Ollier25_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ollier25-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the advantage of surprise had been devastatingly complete.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The massive scale of the attack quickly became apparent – total Prussian forces are estimated between 50,000<sup id="cite_ref-Howard102_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Howard102-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and 80,000.<sup id="cite_ref-Wawro_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wawro-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By mid-morning Abel Douay was already organizing for a withdrawal when he was killed by a burst of artillery.<sup id="cite_ref-Howard102_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Howard102-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some writers have mistakenly reported that he was hit by gunfire,<sup id="cite_ref-Zola62_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Zola62-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but most historians concur that he died from a shell which exploded in the nearby ammunition magazine of one of the French <a href="/wiki/Mitrailleuse" title="Mitrailleuse">grapeshot cannon</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The withdrawal turned into a rout, with over a thousand French soldiers dead and a thousand more taken prisoner.<sup id="cite_ref-Howard102_13-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Howard102-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Aftermath">Aftermath</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Abel_Douay&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Aftermath"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:German_crown_Prince_Friedrich_Wilhelm_contemplating_the_corpse_of_French_general_Abel_Douay,_Franco-Prussian_War,_1870.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/German_crown_Prince_Friedrich_Wilhelm_contemplating_the_corpse_of_French_general_Abel_Douay%2C_Franco-Prussian_War%2C_1870.jpg/220px-German_crown_Prince_Friedrich_Wilhelm_contemplating_the_corpse_of_French_general_Abel_Douay%2C_Franco-Prussian_War%2C_1870.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="154" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/German_crown_Prince_Friedrich_Wilhelm_contemplating_the_corpse_of_French_general_Abel_Douay%2C_Franco-Prussian_War%2C_1870.jpg/330px-German_crown_Prince_Friedrich_Wilhelm_contemplating_the_corpse_of_French_general_Abel_Douay%2C_Franco-Prussian_War%2C_1870.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/German_crown_Prince_Friedrich_Wilhelm_contemplating_the_corpse_of_French_general_Abel_Douay%2C_Franco-Prussian_War%2C_1870.jpg/440px-German_crown_Prince_Friedrich_Wilhelm_contemplating_the_corpse_of_French_general_Abel_Douay%2C_Franco-Prussian_War%2C_1870.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="2102" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Frederick_III,_German_Emperor" title="Frederick III, German Emperor">Crown Prince Frederick Wilhelm</a> <i>contemplating the corpse of French general Abel Douay</i>, by <a href="/wiki/Anton_von_Werner" title="Anton von Werner">Anton von Werner</a> (1888)</figcaption></figure> <p>The death of Abel Douay was a deeply demoralizing blow to the French army<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and gave a profound shock to the nation at large.<sup id="cite_ref-Williams150_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Williams150-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Few, however, were as shocked as Napoleon III, who immediately issued a flurry of new orders reconstituting the army's command structure and strategic guidelines.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>General Félix Douay was stationed along the same front as his older brother and fought at Sedan until the final surrender. He too served as a field commander, leader of the French 7th Corps.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Twenty years after the battle, an apocryphal story was published in Germany proffering a different end for Abel Douay: a German "eyewitness" claimed that the general had been shot by one of his own men, allegedly for ordering the French retreat.<sup id="cite_ref-NYT1890_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT1890-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This story perhaps derived from the reported words of <a href="/wiki/Frederick_III,_German_Emperor" title="Frederick III, German Emperor">Frederick III</a> who, advancing through the battlefield, had come upon Abel Douay's corpse and made the bald observation that the general had died beyond the range of German rifle fire.<sup id="cite_ref-NYT1890_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT1890-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A solemn portrayal of this scene was later created by the Prussian <a href="/wiki/History_painter" class="mw-redirect" title="History painter">history painter</a> <a href="/wiki/Anton_von_Werner" title="Anton von Werner">Anton von Werner</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>General Abel Douay is buried in a stately tomb just outside Wissembourg together with many of his fallen soldiers.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A large monument to the battle was erected near his tomb at the end of the <a href="/wiki/First_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="First World War">First World War</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Abel_Douay&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width reflist-columns-3"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-EB-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-EB_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-EB_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">EB (vol.7, ed.9), p. 583.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Hooper, p. 89.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Williams150-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Williams150_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Williams150_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Williams, p. 150.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Zola62-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Zola62_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Zola62_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Zola, p. 62.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">See: Hooper, Williams, Zola, <i>et al</i>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Wawro-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Wawro_6-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Wawro_6-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Wawro_6-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Wawro_6-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Wawro, p. 96–97.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Horne271-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Horne271_7-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Horne271_7-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Horne, p. 271.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Hazen, p. 358; p. 384.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Howard100-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Howard100_9-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Howard100_9-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Howard100_9-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Howard, p.100.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Howard100101-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Howard100101_10-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Howard100101_10-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Howard, p. 100–101.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Ollier25-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Ollier25_11-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Ollier25_11-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Ollier, p. 25.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Hooper, p. 90.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Howard102-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Howard102_13-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Howard102_13-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Howard102_13-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Howard, p. 102.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Hooper, p. 90. 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