Ney, Michel

Japanese: ネー（英語表記）Ney， Michel

Born: January 10, 1769, Saarlouis
[Died] December 7, 1815. French army officer in Paris. Also spelled Ney. After working as a clerk in a law office, he joined the French army in 1788. He distinguished himself in the French Revolutionary Wars, and in 1899 he became a division commander. In 1804 he was appointed field marshal by Napoleon I, and won the Battle of Elchingen in 1805. He fought in Jena, Königsberg, and Eylau, and in 1807 he distinguished himself in Friedland. In 1808 he was made Duke of Elchingen, and in 1812 he was given the title of Duke of Moscow for his distinguished service at the Battle of Borodino during the Russian campaign. He led the rearguard in the retreat from Russia. In 1814 he led the generals in calling for Napoleon's abdication, and at the First Restoration he became governor of Besançon. However, in 1515 he became a subordinate of Napoleon, who had fled from Elba, and played a central role in the Battle of Waterloo, which led to him being shot for treason during the Second Restoration.

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A type of musical instrument. From the Persian word for reed. A shakuhachi-style vertical flute made of reed with five or six holes on the front and one on the back. It is used in classical and folk music throughout Western Asia and North Africa, and is called nay in the Arabic music sphere.

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Japanese:

[生]1769.1.10. ザールルイ
[没]1815.12.7. パリ
フランスの陸軍軍人。ネイとも表記される。法律事務所の書記から，1788年にフランス軍に入隊。フランス革命戦争で戦功を立て，99年に師団長となった。 1804年ナポレオン1世により陸軍元帥に任じられ，05年エルヒンゲンの戦いに勝ち，その後もイェナ，ケーニヒスベルク，アイラウに転戦し，07年にはフリートラントで戦功を立てた。 08年エルヒンゲン公爵を授与され，12年のロシア遠征ではボロジノの戦いで功績をあげてモスクワ公爵の称号を授けられた。ロシアからの退却では後衛軍を指揮した。 14年には将軍たちの先鋒となってナポレオンに退位を求め，第1次王政復古ではブザンソンの知事となった。しかし 15年にエルバ島から逃れたナポレオンの配下となり，ワーテルローの会戦では中心的な役割を演じたため，第2次王政復古で反逆罪により銃殺された。