The Sun.
London, England, 1864-07-29 00:00:00

The following biographical notice appears nn the
21Ioniteur del Arnzee:—" Brigadier '-Gen'eral Dalane -
noy, Knight Commander of the Li gion of Ilonorni
died at Parrs on the 23d of June last, in the 74%
year of his age, having been box nit 1790. Enter-
ing as a pupil in the military school of ►St. Cyr, in
March, 1809, and sub•lieutenan t in the Ist Regis
meat of Light Infantry in Januar Y. 1810. Delannoy
made the campaigns of 1810.11-111 in Spain, under
Augerean, Macdonald, and Suchet. H.! conducted
himself gallantly at the siege of Hes toir 'eh, of Tor-
tosa, Tarragona, Montserrat, and VA ,2nela, and
received a wound in the head by the expo osion of e.
shell at the assault of Tarragona. He was pro-
moted to the rank of lieutenant in 1811. .As aide•
de-camp to General Vandamme, the Cotenn ender.
in-Chief of the Ist corps of the Grand Arnu:e,
Delannoy distinguished himself in the cempaigu of
Saxony, especially in the affair of Gieshuhei, where
at the head of 15 carahineers of the 7;h Light
Infantry, Le tock from the Russians a piece of m n- -
non and two powder wnggor.s. In this effair he
was shot in the knee. In September, 1813, she
Emperor conferred on him the decoration of the
Legion of Honour. Delannoy, having escaped from
the disaster at Kulm, rejoined at Dresden the corps
of Gouvion St. Cyr, and served in it as aide-des
camp to General Domonceau, but he was made pri-
soner of war in consequence of the violation of the
capitulation of Dresden, and did not return toFrance
until June, 1814, when Delannoy, now Captain, re-
sumed his functions asaide-de-camp to Gen. Damon-
ceau, who commanded the second military division
at Mezieres. During the Hundred Days he aided
actively in the organisation of the National Guard of
the department of Ardennes. Sent to Sedan after the
battle of Waterloo to effect a reconnaissance, Gene-
ral Choisy, commandant of that place, employed.
him in the negotiation of the convention which
saved that industrious town from a bombardment .
returned home to Lille in September, 1815, afte r
the general disbanding of the army. Captain
Delannoy made, with the 28th, the campaigns cef

1823-4-5 in Spain, and those of 1830-1 in Africa.:
Decorated with the Cross of the Order of St. Ferdi-
nand for the campaign of 1823, the bravery he
showed at Sidi-Ferruck, at Staoueli, and at the
taking of Algiers, caused him to be nominated, by
the Commander-in-Chief of the army of Africa,
Chief of Battalion and Officer of the Legion of_
Honour, In the unfortunate days of April 1834, r‘t
Lyons, Commandant Delannoy gave new proofs of
the courage and sang froid which characterised
him, and intrepidly stormed several barrics.d es.
Two months after he was nominated Lieut.-Colo nel
of the Ist. In 1837 he proceeded to Algeria w ith
this regiment, but the state of his health not I ter-
milting him to support the climate of Africa, he
returned to France, and became Colonel of the 35th
in 1839, and was promoted to the rank of 31-arecital
de Camp in 1847. General Delannoy comm.anded
successively in the department of Ile-et-Vilaine and
the Cotes-du-Nord, where he enjoyed the esteem of
the authorities and the respect of the pub.t.ic. In
October, 1852, he retired on half-pay, in oh cdienc►3
to the army regulation respecting the age cif supe,
rior officers. Yielding to one of those g eneraus

impulses which formed the predominant feature
of his character, Marshal St. Arnaud, Minister of
War, solicited for General Delannoy a place in the
Finance Department at Paris. Thanks to this be-
nevolent intervention, the honourable General was
enabled to terminate agreeably, in the mike tof his
family, a career entirely consecrated to the service
of his country."