was led by Saint-Hilaire's division. After the breakdown of the
Treaty of Amiens, Saint-Hilaire was recalled to front line service and appointed to command a division at the camp of
Saint-Omer under Marshal
Soult on 31 August 1803. but nonetheless retaining his command for the rest of the battle. Napoleon rewarded him with the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour (then called the Grand Eagle). As the fighting progressed into Poland, he fought with distinction at
Allenstein,
Eylau and
Heilsberg. In 1808, he was made a Count of the Empire and a Commander of the
Order of the Iron Crown., but nonetheless fought well in the opening battles of the
War of the Fifth Coalition:
Teugen-Hausen and
Eckmühl. The day after the latter, Napoleon publicly told Saint-Hilaire "You have earned the marshal's baton; you will receive it!" Saint-Hilaire did not live to see that promise fulfilled. On 22 May 1809 he led his division in the
battle of Aspern-Essling, now as part of Marshal
Lannes'
II Corps. Toward the end of the day, he was struck on the left foot by a cannonball. He refused to allow his leg to be amputated, instead opting to lose half his foot. The wound became infected, and Saint-Hilaire died 15 days later in the
Vienna house of the
Apponyi family. In 1810, Napoleon ordered his remains interred in the
Panthéon, and that a statue of him be placed on the
Pont de la Concorde (though this was never completed due to the fall of the Napoleonic Empire in 1814). The name Saint-Hilaire is inscribed under the
Arc de Triomphe in
Paris. ==References==