The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1851-10-10

In the correspondence Of the London
Times, We iinds The following remarkable
narrative:
At thehead Of TIE List Of knights II the
Legion Of Honor, lately createdpby the Pres
idsnt of the Republic, figures the widow
Brulon, born in It'll, at PRESENT an officer
In the lhyalides, where she has lived for the
Rst fifty-two years, enjoying the esteem and
Skneration Of her old companions in glory.
The widow Brulon was the daughter, SISTER,
and wife of military men, who died in active
service in the army Of Italy. Her father
served 80 years without interruption, from
1857 to 1915; her two brothers were killed
on the field Of battle in Italy, and her hus-
band died at Ajacclo, in l7sl, after seven
years service. In 1872, at the age OF 81,
She entered the AID Regiment Of Infantry, in
which her husband died, and where her father
still served, and made herself so remarkable
by her honorable conducl, both as woman
and soldier, that she was permitted To con-
tinue in the service Notwithstanding her sex.
She was attached to that regiment Tor seven
years, from l792 to 1881 and performed
seven campaigns, under the nom du guerrt
Of "Liberte," as a private soldier, corporal,
sergeant and sergeant major. On several oc-
casions, and particularly at the defence Of the
Fort Of Gesco, in Corsica, and at the siege oi
Calyi, she fought with extraordinary courage.
Among the numerous authentic certificates
Of her brilliant deeds, is the following:
We, the undersigned, corporals and soldiers
of the detachment Of the AZ regiment, in
garrison, at Calvi, certify and attest that, on
the 5th Prarial, year II, the citoyene Marie
Angelique Josephe Duchemin, widow Bru-
lon, discharging the functions of sergeant,
commanded us at the attack of the Fort of
Gesco--that she fought with the courage Of
a heroine-that the Corsican rebels and the
English having attempted to storm the fort,
we were obliged to fight with side-arms--
that she received a cut Of sword in the
right arm, and, a moment afterward, a stab
from stiletto in the left arm--that, seeing
US in want Of ammunition at midnight she
set'out for Calyi, distance of half league,
and, displaying the zeal and courage of real
republican, she induced sixty women to rise
out OF their beds and carry supply Of am
munition to the fort. She escorted the party
with four men. We were Thus enabled to
repulse the enemy and maintain our ground.
Later, at the siege of Calvi, she directed
the fire of l6 FOUNDER in one of the bas-
tions, and was seriously wounded in the leg
by the bursting of she'll. This last wound
rendering her incapable Of continuing in the
service, she was admitted, on the 24th Fri
maire, year VII, in the Hotel des Invalides.
On the I'd Of October, 1922, she was pro-
NOTED TO the rank Of Ensign. General La
tour Maubourg announced her promotion in
the following terms:
Madame Brulon, miiitaire invalide, who
held the rank Of sergeant before entering the
Hotel, has obtained from the kindness Of the
King the honorary rank of ensingn. She
will be recognizedin that capacity on parade.
The Governor hastens to make known this
new favor, conferred by his Majesty on
person who has proved herself worthy of
it BY her excellent principles, her good senti-
ments, and the consideration she enjoys in
the Hotel"
The feats OF courage and the irreproacha-
Bile life OF this extraordinary woman, are at
tested by all the general officers under whose
orders she served, and one Of them General
Lacombe st. Michel. described her in letter
written on the 18th Frimaire, year XIV, to
Marshal Serurier, then Governor of the Inva-
lides, Gas having rendered herself worthy,
by qualities above her sex, to participated in
the rewards reserved for the brave" Mar
shal Jerome Bonaparte and General Random,
concurred in that opinion, and their propo-
sition in favor of the widow Brulon was
sanctioned by the President of the Republic.