Clausel, Bertrand

Clausel, Bertrand, a French marshal, was born at Mirepoix, Ariège, 12th December 1772, and obtained distinction in the Italian and Austrian campaigns of Napoleon; but more especially as commander in Spain, after the battle of Salamanca in 1812. Condemned to death as a traitor on the return of the Bourbons, he was in 1820 permitted to return from America to France; commanded the army and was governor in Algeria in 1830; and was made governor-general of Algeria in 1835. He returned to France in 1836, voted with the opposition in the Chamber, and died 21st April 1842. See ALGERIA.