The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1873-06-05

Marie Edme P:fir:cs Maurice MaeMa
hon, Due Dac dc Magent5 of irish cx
traction, born ilSaify. in DOT lk0S, "a.
son OF peer Of France. His ances
tors, having risked and lost their all::witf
the Stuarts. migrated will. their tradi
tons, their qrides andi their naufe, Il
France, and there mingled with the old
nobility of their, adopted country.
Young MacMahon entered the military
school Of ST. Cyr in 1925; was sent te
Al0ris in 1860; participated in5the expe.
dition Against Antwerp in 1882, and was
aid-de-camp to the commanding general
became captain in 1888; major OF
foot ehasse9rs in 1910, after having
ssE1a HE fSslysrAf Anss SAH
erals a lieutenant colonel in the foreign
legionln 1872, eolopel ofthc 4lAt rsgi-
ment of the line in 1915, and brigadier-
general in 1S4S. In 1882 he became a
general Of division. succeeding Genera!
Canfobert In the Crimea. When the al
lied forces investing SetastaPoi decided
upon a grand assault, 10 General McMa-
hon was Assigned the 'peris6usf duty OF
carving the Ma!akoif, which he did, Sept.
&. 1855. His brilliant success invested
him with the grand cross of the legion d
honor, and subsequently,, in 1856, with
knigalhood and thc grand cross of the
bath. He commanded the End corps
d'armee in the Italian campaign Of 1853,
and taking pari, IN The battle of Ma
genta, for that service received the bat.
on, of marshal of FRANCE, and was re-
waficd width title Of Duke Of Magen-
ia. he also contributed 20 the victory
Of Solterino in the same year. In No
vcmol, 1861, he Represented France al
the coronation of William I'LL Of Prussia,
and in October. 1862, he was nomi mated
TO the comn;si,d Of tae Third corps d ~
nee. In 1864 re h6c,.ine governor gen
eraLof ALGERIA. JAY -. $50, ne was
recalled 10 assume command OF the army
of tho 1:hiuc. 1T ,hcnrcring Of thrtIos-
Titles wstls Pfassf:s iie wits defeated
in he src:,! baltic Of Wocrih, August 6.
1870, any pysfacn 1Ys:snetjt ihs com
maad of'h.. arm al Ckaions, at which
place, on the 18th Of August, an attempt
was ma,ic 81 ..Ssass.aats ii.n. iIssvtng
vaimiy cn,fctr6rea''o' form h function
with the forces oi Dazine Il, MciZ n or
dee 10 relieve ,aat SelcagHred city, he
IN. isttsie III seat.. ! Is "a the si
dar OF September, 1879, Mcmahon, with
the army un'ier his, command, AMI the
Emperor Napoleon surrensicre! to the
Prussians. He wis subsequently, re
leased. mhd5 upon !he- REORGANIZATION
o; the government gave in his
adherence TO the Republic. Always
a strong Bonapar.ist, his ascendency to
power indicates the triumph Of tie mon
afshyst ffc,fon He always retained ti.e
confidence Of the Emperor, aud showed
his fidelity by taking npon himself the
blame for the disaster az Sedan, when
Napoleon was ,dpncto blame. The new
p'ysilient h6,f,w Of ths qaaili:ies of a
politician. and his eicctio1 iJv the depa-
ties may mean TIM: they expect TO ind
him more u.,ct.,bie than Theirs. lie Il
the representative of the army, OF the
military power upon wiiel. France has
before leaned for sHppQrL ,an,i in him
TIM colnu.y ppnniace and TIE artist ocraev
find a leader, while the communistic cit
les arc deprived Of tho n,aio,1ty o: Yer
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