The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1859-07-14

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The report that Marshal Canrobert
commander-in-chief of the French ar.
my in Italy, was mortally wounded in
the battle of Magenta, is contradicted.
He is about fifty years old. His life
has been spent in the army. He grad.
uated at the military school of St. Cyr.
wen. 70 Algeria a Lieutenant, worked
ms way up to Colonely and the
Cross of the Legion of Honor, return
ed to France, and, after Louis Ma.
lpoleon's coup Getat was apno;ntsd
Commander of Paris, with the rank of
General. He went to the Crimea a
General of Division. Led the French
at the battle of Alma and Inkerm,n
and on the death of St. Armand be.
came commander-in-chief In conse-
quence of differences with Lord Rag
Ian, he resigned the command to Pc
llssier, went home and was made a
Marshal of France. At the opepinc
of the present war he was sent to ItalY
as commander-in-chief. His relation
with Louis Napoleon is intimate and
confidential and his death would he
the greatest loss Of the kind the En-
peror could meet with. bed .Flsar5
General Espinasse, who was killed
at Magenta earned his promotion At
Algeria, and in 1S49 commanded q
Regiment at the siege of Rome. When
the Empire was proclaimed he was an
pointed one of the Emperors aid-de-
camps, and subsequently, Minister of
Public Safety. He was in the Crimea
and one of the first to enter the Mala.
kof In Italy he was General of
Division in the corps of Gen. McMa-
hon. m ma - a8 II
Gen. Forey, who first attracted gen.
eral notice by his successful affair at
Montebello, sustained the reputation
he acquired at Magenta. He has served
ten years in Algiers. On the occasion
OF the coup d' etat at Paris he com
manded brigade. In the Crimea be
took part in the battle at the Alma.
and at the battle of Inkerman. He ris
now a Major General, at the age of
fifty, thirteen years of his life HAVING
been passed in the field. His chief
characteristic as a soldier is intreni A.
ty.
Count Jaques Louis Cesar Alexau-
der Kandon, Field Marshal, is in his
Gath year. He served in Algeria. and
shortly after the coHp. .r erdt was ap-
pointed Governor General of that de-
pendency. For nearly nine wears he
has been Grand Officer of the Legion
of Honor. He superseded Marshal
Valiant on the field of Magenta. WHY.
does not appear. He had previously
superseded the same officer aa Minister
of War.
Marshal Valiant is in his eoth year.
and commenced his military life in
1909, as Lieutenant in the sappers and
miners. He served at Antwerp and
in Algeria, and wrote work on mill
tary bridges. He also superintended
q portion of the foundations of Paris
Gen. Neil, wounded at Magenta. is
one Of the aid-de-camps of the Empe-
ror Napoleon, and General of the
Engineers. He has been. present at
several regular sieges, viz:-Antwerp.
Constantine, Rome, Bomarsund and
Sebastopol. Gen. Neil took in the
present campaign the command of a
corpce a. armee. l-si7s
Baron Henry de Hess, the command
er-in-chief, is seventy-two years of age.
He was at the battle Of Waqrsm.
where the Austrians were defeated by
the Napoleon in 1909. AS a General
he does not appear to have much rep
utation except as strategism. He is
well acquainted with the theatre of
WARM Italy. oAi a99i7f,ei a72'.3tg
Gen. Gyulai is a Hungarian, now 60
years of age. He commanded brig
ade under Radetzky against the Pied
montese, in 1s49. During the insur-
rection of Hungary his loyalty at Aus
trla was suspected, and he was kept at
Trieste. as military commander He
commanded the Austrians in person at
the late battles Of Bufalora, Turbiqo
and Magenta. q aaf r. fiis'R ,ssiia'
Gen. Clam Gallas, who took part in
the battle Of Magenta, commanded. the $
Austrian reinforcement Of $4,000 men
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