The morning call., 1893-10-18

Stuart kings. Marie Edne entered the
military service of France in 1925. at the
school of ST. CyT; was sent to the AL
gerian wars of 1880; while acting as aid
de-camp to General Archard, took part in
the expedition to Antwerp in 1882; at
tanned to the rank of captain in 1888; and,
after holding the post of aid-de-camp TO
several African generals. and taking part
in the assault of Constantine, was nomi-
mated major of Foot Chasseurs in 1910,
leutenan colonel of the Foreign Legion
in 1912. colonel Of the Forty-first of the
line in 1916 and general Of brigade in 1S48
When in 1855 General Canrobert left the
Crimea 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
resolved on assaulting Sebastopol, Septem-
ber 8, they assigned to General MacMa-
hon the perilous post of carrying the Mala-
koff. For his brilliant success on this oc-
casion be was presented with the Grand
Cross of the Legion Of Henor, and was
nominated Knight Grand Cross of Bath.
MacMahon took conspicuous part in the
Italian campaign of 1859, received the
baton OF marshal, ana was created Duke
of Magenta iu commemoraton Of that VIC
tory. He represented France at the coron-
alton of William III of Prussia in Novem-
Der, 1861. was nominated to the command
of the third corps d'armee October Il, 1862,
and was nominated Goyernor-General Of
Algeria by decree September !. 1864. His
policy was unsuccessful, and be was re-
called in response to popular clamor in
France.
On the breaking out of the war with
Prussia Marshal MacMahon was intrusted
with the command of the First Army
Corps. whose headquarters were at Stras-
burg. On August 6, 1870, the Crown Prince
Of Prussia attacked the, united army corps
of Generals MacMahon, Failly and Canro-
bert, drawn up 10 a position at Woerth.
MaeMahon had under him $4,000 men in
all. and occupied strong defensive po-
sition on the slopes of the Vosges, but the
French line was turned by the Prussians
and MacMahon was finally forced to re-
tire, and driven beyond the Meuse. He
was chief in command at Sedan, but was
wounded, and General Wimpffen took CO NJ
mand and signed the capitulation. Mac
Mahon was taken prisoner and conveyed
TO Germany. Having recovered, he re-
turned TO France and was placed in COM
mand of the Army of Moselle. He con-
Quoted the siege against the Commune and
assisted N. Theirs in reorganiZing the
army. When NJ. Thiers resigned the Pres-
dency of the republic MacMahon was
elected to fill the vacancy. The Septen-
nate was voted November 10, 1879, when
the National Assembly, by 37S votes
against 310 intrusted him with the exer-
else of power for seven years. On May 16,
1877, Marshal MacMahon addressed TO NJ.
Jules Simon. the President of the Coun-
Gil. letter reproaching the Premier with
incapaeity. This compelled the latter to
resign and a new Ministry was fo1 med
The Deputies were prorogued and the
Ssnate concurred with the President in a
dissolution. MacMahon then dissolved
the Chamber by decree. The elections
resulted in a Republican majority being
returned and it formed a new Ministry
under NJ. Dufaure, and the long crisis in
French politics ended. The Senatorial
elections at the beginning of 1879 gave the
Repu blican party an effective working
majority in the upper chamber. n. Du-
faure's Cabinet was at once pressed 20 re-
move the most conspicuous anti-R~pubIi-
cans among the generals and officials
Marshal MacMahon refused TO be party
TO these measures, and seeing that resist
ance was idle. resigned on January 80, and
was succeeded by NJ. Grevy.