The Lambertville press. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1858-1???, 1859-06-23
LambertyilIe, N.J., June Is, 1859.
Noble Victims.

Amopo the iIlustrious victims of the late
great battle of Magenta, report of which is
piyen elsewhere, being confirmed by news re-
co;ved nv the Arago, we find the names of Mar
shall Canrobert, and General Espinasse of whom
, we purpose giving short sketches
Francois Certain Canrobert was born in 1909,
in the Province of Brittany. Educuted at st.
Cyr he left that institution with the rank of a
sub-Lieutenant, and in 1882 was advanced to a
Lieutenancy In 1885 he embarked for Alge
ria, where he was present at all the important
actions of the war, earning promotion to the
grade of Captain. At the siege of Constantine
he led the assault at one of the breaches, by the
side of Colonel Combs, and so distinguished him
self by his gallantry, that his commanding officer
who fell mortally wounded in the action recon-
"whose future was assured" Decorated with
the cross of the Legion d'Honneur, he returned
to France in 1899 Returning in 1884, after
short repose, to Africa, he continued to serve
with the highest credit in the protracted wars
and instructions by which the army of France
has been educated In 1849, as Colonel of the
Third Zouaves, he was first in the assault at
Zaatcha, immortalized by the pencil of Vernet,
and by his splendid courage and skill obtained
the rank of Commander of the Legion of Hon.
or. Canrobert had just returned from Africa
when the coup detat of Dec. 2, 1851, took place;
he was conspicuous in REFRESHING the insurrec.
tions of December, 1851. In return for this he
was named General of Division in 1853. When
the war with Russia broke out, Gen Canrobert,
in March, took command of the First Division
of the Army of the East. Subsequently he
played leading part in the campaign of the
Crimea, sustaining at the battle of the Alma
the first shock of the Russian attack and storm
ing the heights with the Zouaves, until Gen Fo-
rey came up to his support. Although badly
wounded in the ARM he remained on the field
until the close of the day. Two days after that
victory, Marshal St. Arnaud perceving his
death approaching, resigned the chief command
OF the allied armies into the hands of Gen. Can
robert. Hetommanded at Inkermann, when the
refusal or jealous hesitation of Lord Raglan to
cooperate heartily with his ally, disguised him
with his position, and he suddenly resigned it
into the hands of General Pelissier, gracefully
resuming command of the first corps d'a,mee,
he returned to France, and there on the 10th of
May, 1856, he received simultaneously with Gen
Bosquet and Random the baton of Marshal of
France. At the outset of the present war,
Marshal Canrobert was assigned the command
of the Military Division of Lyons, but when
the threatening manifestations of Germany made
1t necessary for the Emperor to put the Duke
de Malakoff in that position, Marshal Canrobert
accepted the command of the third corps dar7nee
and in that capacity was with the army which
crossed the Ticino in pursuit of the retreatine
Austrians, and fell mortally wounded at the
great battle and victory of Magenta.
Esprit Charles Marie Espinasse like Canrob-
ert, was graduate of the school of st. Cyr-
Born in the village Of Saissac, April g. 1915, du-
ring the Hundred Days" He left the school
in 1888, and won his first steps in Algeria. AS
Chef de BdtditLon he fought in 1S45 at the
head of the Zouaves; and in l849 commanded
the Forty second of the Line at the siege of
Rome He was most active in suppressirg the
Instructions of December, 1851, and devoted
himself to the cause of the President and of pub
lie order Immediately on the proclamation of
the Empire he became an aide-sle-comap of the
Emperor. In the Crimea he fought galIantly by
the side of the Sardinians at Tchernaya, and was
one of the first to follow General MacMahon in
to the Malakoff When Paris was shocked and
excited by the Orsini affair in January, 1858,
General Espinasse was made Minister of Public
Safety in the place of M Billault. He served
in Italy as General of Division in the second
corps, d. ornoee under the orders of General, now
Marshal MacMahon.