The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-08-05
LEADING GENERALS.
IEeneraI de FniIIy.

General Pierre Louis Achille de Failly, who is
now commanding the 9Th French Army Corps,
which, according to the latest reports, was be-
tween the Army Of the Moselle under Bazaine
and the Army of the Rhine under Mcmahon,
and had its headquarters at Bitche, was born in
the year 1908. He received his military educa-
ton at the school of st. Cyr, and at the time
of the revelation in 184S was a colo
mel of a regiment of the line. As a brigadier-
general he took part in the Crimean war and
distinguished himself greatly in the service,
especially in the battles of the Alma, of the
Mamelon Vert, and of Trachtir. After his re-
tuIn from this campaign he was made
an aide-de-camp to the Emperor,
and in the Italian war he had
command of a division of General Niel's army
corps. In this war he distinguished himself at
the battles of Magenta and Solferino. He was
selected in 1867 to quell the Garibaldian move
ment, and in doing so made the first trial on a
large scale of the Chassepot. In his report on
the working of the arm he expressed himself as
perfectly satisfied with its performance, and
noticed especially the wonderful manner in
which it did service at Montana. General Failly
was appointed commander-in- chief of the Sd
Army Corps in 1869, and now has been trans
ferred to the 9th Corps.
marshal Random.
JACQUES Louis Cesar Alexander Random is one
of the old men of the French service. being over
seventy-fve years of age. He was born at
Grenoble on March 25, 1895. His uncle was
General Marchand, Of the empire, and it was
very natural that the then young Random should
join the army, which he did at a very early age.
As was the custom in those days, he received his
military education in the ranks. He went to
Russia with the grand army, and was made sub
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return of that disastrous expedition, he took
part in the battle of Lutzen, where he was
seriously wounded. After the final over
throw of the empire, his well-known
Napoleonic sentiments retarded his ad-
vancement for a time. During the
hundred days when the former commanded ana
Emperor was present in France after leaving
Elba, he sent in his adhesion TO Napoleon, and
this act kept him in obscurity during the resto-
ration. In 1880 the Government of Louis
Philippe made him chef d'escadon, in 1888
appointed him colonel of Chasseurs d'Afrique,
and the same years sent him to Algiers with his
troops, where he remained ten years, and dis.
tinguished himself in defending the French
colony of Algeria, and in incessant warfare with
the Arabs. While there he became lieutenant
general, and held administrative Office
in the province of Bona. In 1913, during
the short interregnum of the government of
Lamertine, he remained in Algeria and became
inspector of cavalry. On his return to France
in 1851 he was appointed Minister of War.
From this post he resigned a'ter a short service,
and was then again sent by Louis Napoleon to
Algeria as Governor-Genera of that colony.
He held this position at the time of the reorga-
~nization of the colony in 1858. In the Italian
war he was a m~ajor-general, but on the resigna-
f;An Of Valiant from thu IVar M IN - 1QEn Io
was again appointed to the post, and as Minister
the peace in 1867.
The Grown Prince.
A short sketch of the Crown Prince of Prus-
STA, Frederick William, only son of William
and heir to the Prussian throne, has already
been published in our columns, but on account
of The Importance of the parsonage a more COM
plete sketch will be of interest.
The Crown Prince was born in 1881. At the
age of seventeen he was sent to the University
of Bonn, and at the conclusion of the university
course was recalled to Berlin and entered the
army as a private, according to the universal
custom in Prussia, to pursue his military studies.
After a short service in the ranks he received
command of a company, and from this rapidly
rose to the grade of general. He was married
to the Oldest daughter of Queen Victoria in 1856.
i IOOh pdiL III IL '-SulCoh X llOlolclQ war as
acknowledgement and commander of the I'd
Army Corps. In this war he obtained great
popularity with the troops. During the war
with Austria he again commanded the I'd Army
Corps, and took part in the battle of Sadowa,
July 8, 1866. 1t was the timely arrival of the
fresh troops under the Crown Prince, after his
cousin Prince Frederick Charles had been en-
gagged all day with the enemy, which decided
the fate of the battle. In this campaign his
chief of staff was Major-General Won Blumen-
thai, and he had under his orders three army
corps, the army itself being composed of about
1925, 900 men. His march from Miletin to Sadowa
and the series of victories on entering Bohemia
established his reputation as a commander. He
is generally considered inferior TO the Prince
Royal in military knowledge, but is known as a
soldier of courage ard ability, anxious for the
welfare of his troops and careless of his own
trouble, but unsparing of his men or himself in
the hour of battle. He is in of the
Northern Army of Prussia.
"A Young man named Thickhead not LONG