was led by Morand's brigade. Back in France, after some leave, Morand was made commandant of the
Department of
Morbihan on 19 March 1802 before being called to
Marshal Soult's camp at
Saint-Omer on 30 October 1803. When the
Grande Armée marched for Austria in August 1805, he commanded the first brigade in
Saint-Hilaire's first division of Soult's
IV Corps. He was present at the
battle of Donauwörth and the remainder of the
Ulm campaign, culminating in the capitulation of General
Mack. The couple were married in a civil service on 10 January 1810, with Davout and
Savary as witnesses, and in a religious service four days later at the
Church of the Holy Cross in the presence of
Prince Poniatowski. Napoleon sent the newlyweds a gift of jewellery and 30,000 gold
francs. Matters came to a head in November 1810 when, by accident or design, Morand wrote directly to Minister of War
Clarke instead of corresponding via Davout. Davout delivered a sharp rebuke in response, and Morand wrote again to Clarke threatening to resign if he was not transferred to a different commander. Napoleon refused to allow such a transfer and settled the affair, but the two men were never again on good terms. '', 1822 by
Louis-François Lejeune. Morand appears in the bottom center of the painting, having his wounded jaw bandaged whilst his brother Leopold (a battalion commander in the 17th Line) dies at his feet. They had to put aside their differences during the
French invasion of Russia, when Morand's division formed part of Davout's renumbered
I Corps. Crossing the
Niemen on 24 June 1812, he fought at
Smolensk and had his jaw smashed by a shell splinter at the
Battle of Borodino. He continued to lead his division in the
retreat from Moscow, being one of the last formations to leave the city. Fighting at
Vyazma and
Krasnoi, by the time he reached the Niemen he had just 300 left of the original 10,000 men under his command. For the
German Campaign of 1813, Morand was given command of a new division in
Bertrand's
IV Corps. On 3 April 1813, he was awarded the Grand Cross of the
Order of the Reunion and made a Commander of the Saxon
Military Order of St. Henry. He fought at
Lutzen,
Bautzen,
Dennewitz,
Wartenburg,
Hanau, and
Hochheim as the Allies defeated Napoleon. He took over command of the IV Corps on 13 November 1813 and led the
defence of Mainz from December 1813 to April 1814, retiring to
Fontainebleau when Napoleon abdicated. Morand was reconciled to the
Bourbons during the first
Restoration, and was made a
Knight of St. Louis by King
Louis XVIII. However, when Napoleon returned during
The Hundred Days, Morand rallied to his cause. He was made colonel of the
Chasseurs of the
Imperial Guard on 13 April 1815, and a
Peer of France on 2 June. During the
Waterloo campaign, he led the guard Chasseur division and was heavily engaged in the struggle for
Plancenoit during the
battle of Waterloo. ==Post war career==