, 1860-03-16

IN tie Crimea, where he was made General
Of Division, and vas present-ot the Tcher.
maya and the capture Of the Malakoh In
lsl5 be commanded q battal on Of All.
eau Zouaves, and at the combat Of Aures
received four serious wounds on the same
day. At the siege Of Rome he was Lieu
tenant Colonel Marshal de st. Arnaud,
who had known him in Africa, sent for him
to Paris in 1851, and gave him the com
mand Of the 42d Regiment Of the line
Alter the I'd Of December the Emperor
made him General Of Brigade, and ap.
pointed him one Of his aids-de-eamp. He
made the campaign in the East, where he
distinguished himself on several occasions
BY the groSsest incapaeity,. notably in the
Dorbrudseha. He was made General Of
Division in 1855. After the attempt upon
the Emperors life, before the Opera, on
the l4th Of January, the Emperor op
pointed him Minister Of the Interior.
General Clere, Of the French army,
killed. at Magenta. lie was originally q
pupil at the military school Of ST. Cryr, and
requested that he should be attached 10 one
Of the permanent corps In the army Of AZ
riea. AAt the battle Of the ALMA, it was
be who, with bis regiment Effected the ia
nous ascent Of a precipice by which the
Russians were surprised on q side where
they considered themselves secure from any
attack, aud then he planted the flag Of bis
regiment on the telegraph.
Caneechout Of the French army, killed
at Magenta, left the military school in
which he was educated on the LIST Of OctO-
Der, ls45, and joined the army in Africa,
where be became Lieutehant in ls4S, and
Captain 10 1859. He then entered the
Foot Chasseurs in the same year, and
went to Algeria in 1851.
Gen. Dord Catheart, Of the British army,
July II. He entered the army in May,
1893, and for the FIRST sixteen years Of his
career be saw much active service, having
served 10 the Helder expedition in 1899 7;
In Naples and Sicily during the campaigns
Of 1866 at the Walcheren expedition
In 1909, taking part in the siege Of Flush
Ing and subsequently, In 1919, having
Joined the army in the Peninsula, and Ia
ken part in the battles Of Barossa, Sala-
manca aud Yittorlaj and during the cam.
paign Of 1915 in the Netherlands and
France He was present at Waterloo as
one Of the Royal STAFF Corps.
Duke dAbrantes, Jolly Is, second son Of
Marshal Junot, Of the First Empire Of
France. He belonged to the Emperor's
slaf, and before the breaking out Of the
war in Italy was one Of the Aides-de-
camp Of Prince Jerome. The appoint
meut which be held 10 the army Of Italy
was that Of Chief Of the STAFF Of General
Fuily's division. By his death, caused by
a Wouhd, the title Of Duke d'Abrants be-
comes extinst. fC lf.~f,...
Lieuienant-General Proctor, who played
such an important part in the last Ameri-
can war with Great Britain, having com
manded the SD Regiment at the battle of
Erie, and subsequently, shared in the cam
paign along the Niagara frontier, died
July 20. He had been six years 10 the
army. Gen Proctor was commander OF
The British and Indians at the Thames,
Whsre Tecumseh was killed. he saved
himself on that occasion by a precipitate
and hasty flight, extending several miles,
ia the course Of which he was compelled to
abandon bis carriage. BE bore the char
acter Of being hard-bearted and blood
thirsty. Had he been taken at the Thames
he would undoubtedly have been summari-
y treated by the excited Kentuckians,
Hbo held him personally accountable for
many Of the atrocities Of bis savage allies.
WIN. Richard Hamilton, distinguished
English savant and diplomat, July "a, in
England.
Earl Minto, G. @. B., distinguished
English statesman, in London, August l.
General Sir J. Slade, the oldest member,
save one, Of the British army officers, Nov
l3 Had-he lived a few months longer, he
would have completed eighty years Of mill
tary service.
Lord Henry seymour, prominent sport
ing character in Paris, Nov. l6,