Michel Jacquet says Taillefer

Michel Jacquet (or Jaquet), known as Taillefer (° August 23rd 1754 - † 18 ventôse Year IV (March 8th 1796)) Chouan of the Mayenne during the French revolution was a chief.

Biography

Michel Jacquet, elder from 10 children, wire of Michel Jacquet and Perrine Lebreton, was born the August 23rd 1754 with the Vault-Rainsouin (formerly Borough-the-Priest , of the name of the baronnie). He owes his nickname with his occupation of marshal-shoeing, which he followed with Chémeré-the-King.

They were vexations of the Republicans who threw it in the Chouannerie, of which it was one of noblest characters the. In the passing of the Vendean , it ran to be thrown in their rows, and after its countryside, where it had been made a name, it returned to form a company in the neighborhoods of Chémeré-the-King. Its bravery, its satisfying, its piety specimens made it indicate as chief of all Chouans of left bank of the Mayenne, of Lava L until Castle-Gontier, after the death of Mr Jacques . Besides he liked to leave the direction of the operations with the Candlestick.

Towards the end of 1795, with Martial de Savignac, cleaned Vaiges, it went to find with the Château of Bourmont the general Marie Paul de Wood-Guignot Scépeaux to require an experienced officer of him who took the command of his division. One gave him the general Claude-Augustin Tercier, whom it made recognize, happy “not to have more but to fight” . But one continued to call Division Taillefer the division of Vaiges.

It gave indeed more than ever evidence of its bravery. The March 7th 1796 it undergoes, with Saint-Georges-the-Fléchard, against the troops of the general Œhlert, a serious failure, battles continued the following day in snow, the wood of the Vault . Taillefer had for that which it had given itself as chief a devotion without terminals. It had been easy for him to be concealed with the Blue ones, but he did not want to separate from Tercier, and took refuge with him with Cognardière of Vaiges. Hardly they arrived, harassed with tiredness, that one shouts to them: “you Save, here are the Blue ones! ” Tercier can hardly go; Taillefer involves it and carries it almost; then, when, close being seized, its chief threw himself, exhausted, in a thicket, the brave man and unhappy young man still takes some steps, is reached of a ball and wants to hide under a small bridge close to the castle of Lénières. It there surprised, is chopped with blows of very naked saber and is stripped by the republicans, who carry the ensanglantés scraps of his clothing at the end of their rifles.

The statement made with the town hall of the Vault-Rainsouin, the 4 fructidor An IV (August] 1796) carries that “Michel Jacquet is deceased the 18 ventôse (March 8th), in the commune of Vage, and (that) its body was entéré in our known as commune (of the Vault), the lendemen, in the presence of Joseph Proudhomme, Jacque Proudhomme and Piere LeBreton remaining in our borough” .

A few days afterwards, Tercier made celebrate in front of all division a solemn service for that with which it owed the life.

Quatrevingt-Treize

Its exploits were used for Victor Hugo for his novel Quatrevingt-Treize:
Will know initially that monseigneur the marquis, before being locked up in this tower where you hold it blocked, distributed the war between six chiefs, its lieutenants; it gave to Delière the country between the road of Brest and the road of Entrée; with Treton country between Roë and Laval; with Jacquet, known as Taillefer , the edge of the High-Maine; with Gaullier, known as Large-Pierre , Castle-Gontier; with Lecomte, Craon; Ferns, with Mister Dubois-Guy, and all the Mayenne with Mister de Rochambeau; so that nothing is finished for you by the catch of this fortress, and that, at the time same as monseigneur the marquis would die, the Vendée of God and of the King will not die.

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