The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-05-29

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RzPunh1o Marie Ednie Patrick Mau-
Marshal OF Frspce aud SanatorS was
born at Sully, Sin 1908. and was the de.
scendaqt of afnobIe Irish family. He
entered the military service OF France in
1926, ct, the school of st. Oyr; was sent
to the Algerian wars in 1880; whilo act.
! ing ss aide-de-camp to General Achard,
took part in the expedition to Antwerp
in 1882; attained to the rank of Captain
ip 1888; and, after holding the posts of
dide- de-camp to several generals in Al.
RIGA, and taking part in the assault Of
| Constantine. WAS nominated major Of
foot-chasseurs in 1910. Lieutenant. Colo.
mel OF the Foreign Legion in 1912. Colo
mel Of the Forty first Of the line in l845,
and General Of Brigade in l948. When,
in 1856, General Canrobert left the Cri.
mea, General MacMahon, then in France,
was selected by the Emperor to succeed
him in the command Of division, and
when the chiefs Of the allied armies re
solved on assaulting Sebastopol, Septem-
Der =. they assigned General MacMahon
on the perilous post of carrying the
works Of Malakoff. For bis brilliant
SUCCESS on this occasion he was made
Grand Cross Of the Legion of Honor,
aud in 1856 was nominated q Knight
Grand Cross Of the Bath. General Mac.
M"hon, who took conspicuous .rt in
the Italian campaign of 1859, received
the baton OF q Marshal, aud was created
Duke Of Magenta in commemoratiou of
that victory. He represented France at
the coronation of William L, of Prussia.
in November, 1861, and was nominated
to the command Of the third corps dar.
mee October II, 1862, and appointed
Governor General of Algeria in 1864.
In the recent war between France and
Prussia, Marshal MacMahon was the
most popular and prominent of the
French commanders, and his great repu
tation as military leader survived even
the crushing defeat of bis forces. In
his first collision at Woerth, rushing on
to retrieve the temporary overthrow OF q
brigade. he found himself confronted by
q vastly superior force of the enemy, and
despite of the terrible fighting of the
best trained soldiers of Napoleon's ar.
slaughter. Thence by mastery retreat
through the Vosges Mountains he con.
centrated the remnant OF his forces at
Nancy. and formed the nucleus Of the
army which he subsequently led in the
effort to raise the siege of Metz. The
result OF the fatal mistake Of this move
ment along the Belgian frontier was the
eliminating disaster to the French arms
ut Sedan, whore the fate of the Napole.
onic dynasty was decided by tho surren
der of the Emperor. Marshal Mac Mahon
was not, however. in command at the
time Of the surrender, having received q
most dangerous wound during the pre-
vious battle. At the conclusion of the
war with Prussia. Marshal MacMahon
(having recovered from his wound) was
appointed to command by President
Theirs, and took most active and de.
cisive part in the suppression of the
Communist insnrrection in Paris. Under
his direction the second siege of that
city was conducted to successful termi
nation. and the terrors of the Commune
rule ended in the attempted destruction
OF the city by fire. for which. aud for
the bloody exoesaes perpetrated under it,
sanguinary retribution was subsequently
exacted. Since that time until the couu
d'etat Of Saturday, he remained Com
mander.in-C Chief Of The army of the
French republic.
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