Jomini

Jomini, HENRI, BARON, born 6th March 1779 at Payerne, in the canton of Vaud, began his military career in the Swiss Guards at Versailles, and finally rose to be chief of the staff to Marshal Ney; he was created baron after the peace of Tilsit. In 1804 he attracted the notice of Napoleon by his Traité des Grandes Opérations Militaires. He distinguished himself at Jena, in the Spanish campaigns of 1808 and succeeding years, during the retreat from Russia, and at Lützen and Bautzen; but, offended at the treatment which he received from Napoleon, he entered the service of Russia in 1814. In 1828 he took an active part in the war Russia waged against Turkey, particularly in the capture of Varna. His fame as a military writer rests upon Histoire Critique et Militaire des Campagnes de la Révolution (5 vols. 1806), Vie Politique et Militaire de Napoléon (4 vols. 1827), and Précis de l'Art de Guerre (1830; new ed. 1881). Baron Jomini died at Passy, near Paris, 24th March 1869. See the Life by Lecomte (1861); and Sainte-Beuve, in Nouveaux Lundis, vol. xiii.