New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-06-27
The Heroe. Of Magenta.


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The Heroes OF Maxewta.
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would appear that this distinguished officer. who wss
10 command Of the army Of the Alps, has woa ~
chief honor Of the battle Of Nsgents for We ind shet
ne Emperor has bsssoved upc1 him 90 e: zee @ e
Of Duke OF Magentstsst - the 6sst Napoleon axty.
fve years a8o, and near ihe nms 6ed, sckn0Wjedged
the skill and inffepdity q Manhal AageNsu, y -
slowing on him the .fitle cf Duke Of Caghgfions.
General McMahon, then Court, Was recalled from the
command IN chief Of the French troops in Afties 70
take part in The Italian campsgs, whers Be ~ T.
implies, he 10 Of Irish extraction, md has well upfsld
the character for dash and intyepjdy which soldiers
OF tnas ncs hsye won for themselves ID tte military
service q every country in the word. Since 18lfS
when be commanded battalion Of chsaears, Gene
raj Mcmahon has besn almost constantly il the 6ejd
The soldiers ove him, believe in him. anf VIII follow
him with conndssce scro0 the line Of ~ ene1y,
through which b WI pierce With bis swoF8 upANsa,
smiling eye the coceeN Of leader and fAe spirit a.
. brave soldier. He II was who planted tbe french
colors on the Mameion o. that terrible day wnerse.
GENERAL EsrINAssE--x.ptit Charles Marie Espt>
passe, who is among the killed. was graduate II The
school of st. Cyr. Born 10 the village or Saistac
April 2, 1915, during the +" Handnd Days. HeIkH
As Chef de Battalion be fought IN ls45 at the hesdt
Of the Zouaves; and in l849 commanded the Forty
second Of the Line at the siege Of Rome. He wSH
most active In suppressiDg the iDsuIection Of Dece
Der, 1853, and devoted Mmseh to the canss d ths
President and Of public order. Immediately On the
proclamation Of the Empire, be became an aidde-
camp Of the Emperor. In the CYimeA he fought ~
lantly by the side OF the Sardinisns 1t Tchefnsyo,
and was one Of the first to follow Gen. Mcmahon into
the Malak0G. When Paris was shocked and excited
by the Oraini anAir in January. 1858, Gen. Espuae
nj Ia atrtv &rIaan ~
NJ. BiIlault Although this disappointment canee6
much alarm anil concern ~ an invasion Of the civil
service BY military man, Gen Espinasss admins
tered his Office with commendable moderation ard
when he made way for more liberal systen in tbe
person Of N. Deiangle, became Senator of the En-
pire.
distinguished officer, who is reported q having been
mortally wounded at the battle Of Magents was IN
command Of the central corps Of the French army.
When the war with Russia fxst broke ont, General
Canrobert, in March, took command d the int
division OF the army Of the East, which was fright
fully decmated by cholera in the disastrous canpsgs
OF the Dobrudscha. Subsequently, he played IeAd.
ing part in the campaign of the Crimes, sustaining at
the battle Of the Alma the first shock Of the Russan
attack. and storming the nights with the Zouaves,
until Gen. Forey came up to his support. Although
badly wounded in the arm, he remained on the Aeld
until the close Of the day. Two days after that VIC
tory, Marshal ST. Armand, perceiving his death ap-
preaching, resigned tie chief command Of the allied
armies into the hands Of General Caurobert IN es0-
Emperor, March IL, 1854 Gen. CanTobert commanded
at Inkermann, opened the lines before Sebastopol,
and was proceeding rapidly toward the capture the
city when the refusal or jealous hesitation Of Lord
Raglan to cooperate heartily with bis ally disgusted
him with his opposition and he suddenly resigned Is
into the hands Of General Pelissier, gracefully
ing his subordinate T command Of the mt eyps
France, and there, on the leth OF May, 1885, he re-
eeived, simultaneously with Generals Bosquet and
Random the baton Of Marsbal Of France The position
q N nj hiu ff1Ha Ha Uwn
born Ia 1909. Ia
GENERAL FoREY-The battle Of MontebeIo, the
hrst hgnt IN the Italian campaign, was won by the
first division Of the army, under the command of
, Marshal paraguay d'Hillers. At this battle FoEey
showed himself such brave and gallant officer that
the Emperor. when he visited the field, embraced
him and publicly thanked him for the victory he had
won. He has now, it would seem, distinguished him
self as highly in the battle Of Magenta and is NOT
matter OF surprise that ne has been promoted g
We are told that General Baraguay d'Hiliers has
been superseded by him in command of the frstcorps
OF the army. General Forey, as almost all the gem
eral officers of the French army, distinguished him
self in Africa where he served for ten years as colo
mel OF the twenty sixth regiment. He commanded
brigade in Paris on the occasion Of the coup detat
and was at the head Of the column Of troops who
corted the members of the National Assembly at hs
time OF their departure, from the place of meeting 0
the barracks Of the Quai dOrsay. After the forma-
ton Of the Army OF the East be had the command 9!
nS yAeut WIS
o at the battle of Alma, and it was he who, in ~
morning OF the 9th Of November vigorously Tepnlsed
the Russians who tried to penetrate into the French
trenches while the battle OF Inkermann was going on
The AUSTRIAN CoMMANDERINCHIEF.- - Baron
n Henry de Hess, who commands the Austrian army
has grown old in the service of his country hsyina
seen more winters than perhaps any other officer o.
soldier connected with either army He was born il
vienna IN 1888, and Is consequently 2 years old He
entered the army as an ensign in 1905, and was for
some time on the general staff He was at the battt
or Wagram in 1909, when the Austrians were de
teated by Napoleon bonaparte, and which battle wa:
through the continental war and received many for
Gaona IN s9a 3 e was 10 .ne ranK =,
head Of division Of the staff in IombarIv hayins
earned tor himself the reputation of being one Of th
best officers in the Austrian army. He was created
Field Marshal in ls42 and continued attached to the
Austrian army in Italy. .e 4
. From June, ls49, to July, 1859, he was Secretary
d of War, and during the years 1855 and 56 be was
employed negotiator at the Court OF Russia. His
mission related to the Eastern question: which he CON
fused as much as he able for the benefit Of Aus
tra. He obtained as reward for this service thu
command of the fifth corps darmce in Italy Of th,
Austrian army and has the merit of being the artisan
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