of Wagram on 6 July, barely having recovered from a spear that pierced his body at the start of the campaign. His leg was amputated in two operations over the course of the next few days, but he was fortunate enough to make a good recovery and retain his job under the Emperor. He was fitted with a wooden prosthesis and Napoleon showed his admiration by giving him a title and an annual endowment. He was promoted to brigadier general and commander of the Legion of Honour and was put in charge of the Château de Vincennes on 2 February 1812, and was invested on the 18th of the same month with the title of governor of Vincennes. The château was a fortress housing an arsenal in which, during the last four years of the Empire, up to 350,000 cartridges and 40,000 shell canisters were stored. It also housed a military barracks and a prison. Its importance was so great that the Emperor, in a special command, ordered General Daumesnil to stay there, never to sleep, nor to absent himself from the Château for a moment without specific orders to do so. After the Battle of Paris in which the French troops were defeated, a treaty was signed on 30 March 1814 under which the Château de Vincennes was due to be handed over by the French Empire to the Sixth Coalition the following day. However, Daumesnil, the same night, sortied from the château with 250 horsemen, captured and brought in large quantities of cannon, rifles and ammunition. Subsequently, Paris was under the occupation of the Austro-Russo-Prussian allies for several weeks while Daumesnil still held the fortress. The allies protested by threatening the general. In Paris, the gaiety of his response to the Russian summons to capitulate is remembered: "I shall surrender Vincennes when I get my leg back!" He defended the building with the greatest courage against the Allied troops, refusing to surrender it after Napoleon's abdication on 6 April, stating that the contents of the arsenal belonged to France. With fewer than 200 men, he refused to surrender, insensitive to pressures and attempts at bribery, braving the siege of the fort for more than five months. He ended up capitulating only after being given orders to do so by Louis XVIII, but left the fortress still brandishing the tricolor. After the restoration of the monarchy he was relieved