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Pierre-Augustin Hulin (September 6, 1758 – January 9, 1841) was a French general under Napoleon Bonaparte who took part in the storming of the Bastille, the trial of the Duke d'Enghien, and the foiling of the Malet coup. == Early life == Pierre Augustin Hulin, the son of a Parisian draper, was born on September 6, 1758. He entered the army in 1771,〔Haythornthwaite, p. 28.〕 serving in a Champagne infantry regiment. In 1772 he was transferred to the Guards, in the ranks of which he rose to sergeant. In 1787〔 he had already retired from the guards and was a successful operator of the Royal Laundry.〔Lüsebrink and Reichardt, p. 45.〕〔Warren, p. 91: "Director of the Queen's Laundry".〕 During the week that preceded the storming of the Bastille Hulin was several times spotted agitating the mob against the Crown.〔 Madame de Staël wrote that Hulin told her: "I want to take revenge for your father on these bastards who want to butcher us."〔 Louis Abel Beffroy de Reigny recorded similar inflammatory speeches addressed to the royal soldiers, Louis-Guillome Pitra dramatized Hulin's speech into "The Parisians are slaughtered like lambs, and you are not marching with us?"〔Lüsebrink and Reichardt, pp. 58-59.〕 On the day of the storming of the Bastille Hulin offered his services to the Hôtel de Ville.〔 He assembled a company of seventy men armed with five cannons. Around 3 o'clock he led his men from Les Invalides to the Bastille. Two hours later artillery fire and pressure from the Bastille personnel persuaded its commandant Marquis de Launay to capitulate.〔Lüsebrink and Reichardt, p. 43.〕 By this time the attacking mob lost around a hundred men, the defenders of the Bastille had only one man killed.〔 Hulin and his deputy Jacob Elie defended De Launay from the mob and sent him under an armed escort to the Hôtel de Ville.〔 According to Pitra, Hulin and Elie saved De Launay from lynching at least once, when the mob attacked them near the church of St. Louis.〔Warren, p. 42.〕 The bloodthirsty mob finally overwhelmed the convoy on Place de Grève,〔Warren, p. 92.〕 when it was near its destination. A cook named Denót or Desnot killed De Launay, royalist provost Jacques de Flesselles was killed too, the rest of the Bastille defenders took shelter in the Hôtel de Ville.〔 The commandant's head was severed and proudly carried around the city on a pike.〔Lüsebrink and Reichardt, p. 44.〕〔Warren, p. 43.〕 On the next day, July 15, 1789, Hulin was appointed company commander of the ''Volontaires de la Bastille'', an armed formation paid by the city government which later evolved into the National Guard.〔Lüsebrink and Reichardt, p. 87.〕 It was staffed by the certified veterans of the Bastille Day.〔 Hulin's own performance made him a national hero, a "herculean victor",〔Lüsebrink and Reichardt, p. 217.〕 and a staple of patriotic leaflets and magazines issued since 1790.〔Lüsebrink and Reichardt, pp. 92-93.〕 Republican historians of the 19th century amplified popular perception and carefully downplayed the cruelty of the mob and underscored Hulin's own moderation.〔 As aristocrats left the army in large numbers, new officers were promoted from the enlisted ranks. Hulin, however, did not escape the excesses of the Reign of Terror and was incarcerated for almost a year, 1793–1794.〔 When Robespierre's radical government fell in 1794, Hulin was released. During the French Revolutionary Wars, Hulin served in the Army of Italy and fought against the Austrians in the defense of Genoa and commanded troops in Milan, eventually rising to the rank of colonel. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pierre-Augustin Hulin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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