The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-03-21
OBITUARY.
Generai Alfred Chuszy.

General Alfred CkaBzys
General Alfred Chanzy, one of the first i'm
portant victims of the new Reign of Terror IN
Paris, was born In the village of Nouard, in the
Department of Ardennes, in 1924. AS boy, he
is said to have had an uncomfortable passion for
the sea, of which he was cured however, by
going on years cruise as cabin-boy. He then
entered the military school at st. Cyr, at the
age of seventeen. He made O name for himself
there, and on graduating was commissioned
sous-lieutenant in a regiment of Zouaves. Until
the italian War of Independence, he was con-
stantly employed in Algeria, attaining the rank
of major. In 1859, he was summoned to Italy,
and In the battle of Solferino he won distinction
and was made lieutenant colonel of the 9TH
Regiment of the Line, being also named in gene
raj orders for the gallantry which he displayed
In 1860 he was sent out with the Syrian expe-
ditioD, under General d'Hautpoul, to assume
the direction of political affairs, q duty which
he discharged with such great tact that, on his
return, he was made an officer of the Legion of
Homer. In 1864 he was made colonel of the 46th
Regiment of the Line, and at his own request
was ordered back to Algeria where he remained
until the outbreak of the war with Prussia, at
the head of a subdivision. In 1868 his long and
efficient service was rewarded with the rank of
general of brigade.
When war was declared against Prussia,
General Chanzy asked for the command of an
active brigade; but this request was refused
him, and he was not called to France until the
beginning of October last, after the empire had
fallen and France was already in the dust. He
was at once made general of division and as
such took an important part in the battle of
Coulmiers and in the affair at Patay, where, at
the head of the 10th Corps, he carried the strong
positions held by the right wing of the Prussian
army. The complete defeat which overwhelmed
the Army of the Loire during the closing days
of November and the opening of December, in
the effort at marching to the relief of Paris led
to the removal of General d'Aurelles de Palla-
dimes from the chief command of the Forlorn
Hope of France. A portion of his army was
detached under Bourbaki to march to the relief of
Belfort, and to the command of the remainder
Chanzy, with record as yet untarnished by
defeat, was assigned. But the tide of disaster
could not be turned. Chanzys army, after four
days fighting around Beaugency, was driven
back upon Tours, and subsequently sought
refuge and repose around LIE Mans. Here
Chanzys forces were rested and recruited, and
it was not until January 6, 1871, that they were
again engaged In this preliminary encounter
the French were worsted, and in the great battles
around lie Mans, fought the 10th and 11th,
tue Oermans, unuer HTIuce freuerlck
Charles, completely routed Chanzys
army, and practically annihilated it. In his
explanation of these great disasters, General
ChanZy distributed the blame between an mex
plicable panic among some of his troops and
the failure TO execute some of his orders. He
still dwelt, however, upon supreme effort
on the part of the army at saving the country
and the Republic. But the fall of Paris fol-
lowed, and on January 81 Chanzy accepted the
armistice. Hoping even when hope was dead,
he issued proclamation to the remnants of his
army, in which he urged his soldiers to put the
time of their enforced rest to profit by propar-
ing to resume the struggle in case the German
terms of peace were too severe for acceptance.
Paris refused 10 be bound by the terms
as the city was vacated by the Germans an
insurrection against the Government was ex-
cited and the insurgents intrenched themselves
in the Montmartre district Within the last
few days the new revolution has gained in
strength and Importance by the fraternization
of the National Guards with the insurgents, and
Paris is now practically at the mercy of the
furious mob. General Chanzy was on the 18th
or 10Th instant sent against the insurgents with
large body OF troops, but the men of his COM
mand for the most part sided with the mob, and
the General was taken prisoner. He was taken
before the Central Revolutionary Committee, in
the Gardens of the Rue des Rosters, Montmartre,
and, after q short pretended trial, was shot.
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