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BOSQUET, PIERRE FRANCOIS JOSEPH (1810-1861)

BOSQUET, See also:
PIERRE
PIERRE See also:
FRANCOIS (1558-1614)
FRANCOIS See also:
JOSEPH
JOSEPH, COMTE DE (1785-1870)
JOSEPH, FATHER (FRANCOIS LECLERC DU TREMBLAY) (1577-1638)
JOSEPH (1810-1861) , See also:

French See also:

MARSHAL (med. Lat. marescalcus, from O.H.Ger. marah, horse, and scalc, servant)

marshal, entered the See also:

ARTILLERY (the O. Fr. artiller, to equip with engines of war, probably comes from Late Lat. articulum, dim. of ars, art, cf. " engine " from ingenium, or of artus, joint)

artillery in 1833, and a See also:

YEAR

year later went to See also:

Algeria. Here he soon did See also:

GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good service, and made himself remarkable not only for technical skill but the moral qualities indispensable for high command. Becoming See also:

CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

captain in 1839, he greatly distinguished himself at the actions of Sidi-Lakhdar and Oued-Melah. He was soon afterwards given the command of a See also:

BATTALION

battalion of native tirailleurs, and in 1843 was thanked in See also:

general orders for his brilliant See also:

WORK

work against the Flittahs. In 1845 he became See also:

LIEUTENANT

lieutenant-See also:

COLONEL (derived either from Lat. column, Fr. colonne, column, or Lat. corona, a crown)

colonel, and in 1847 colonel of a French See also:

LINE

line See also:

REGIMENT (from Late Latin regimentum, rule, regere, to rule, govern, direct)

regiment. In the following year he was in See also:

charge of the See also:

ORAN (Arabic Wahran, i.e. ravine)

Oran See also:

DISTRICT

district, where his See also:

swift suppression of an insurrection won him further promotion to the grade of general of See also:

BRIGADE (Fr. and Ger. brigade, Ital. brigata, Span. brigada; the English use of the word dates from the early 17th century)

brigade, in whichxank he went through the See also:

CAMPAIGN

campaign of Kabulia, receiving a severe See also:

WOUND (O. Eng. wund,connected with a Teutonic verb, meaning to strive, fight, suffer, seen in O. Eng. winnan, whence Eng. " win ")

wound. In 1853 he returned to See also:

France after nineteen years' See also:

ABSENCE (Lat. absentia)

absence, a general of See also:

DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division. Bosquet was amongst the earliest chosen to serve in the See also:

CRIMEAN

Crimean See also:

War, and at the See also:

BATTLE

battle of the See also:

ALMA

Alma his division led the French attack. When the Anglo-French troops formed the See also:

SIEGE (0. Fr. sege, siege, mod. siege, seat, ultimately from sedere, to sit, cf. Class. Lat. obsidium, a siege)

siege of See also:

SEVASTOPOL, or SEBASTOPOL

Sevastopol, Bosquet's See also:

CORPS (pronounced as in French, from which it is taken, being a late spelling of tors, from Lat. corpus, a body; cf. " corpse ")

corps of two divisions protected them against interruption. His timely intervention at See also:

INKERMAN, BATTLE OF

Inkerman (See also:

NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 5, 1854) secured the victory for the See also:

ALLIES, THOMAS WILLIAM (1813-1903)

allies. During 1855 Bosquet's corps occupied the right wing of the besieging armies opposite the Mamelon and Malakov. He himself led his corps at the storming of the Mamelon (See also:

JUNE

June 7), and at the See also:

GRAND

grand See also:

ASSAULT (from Lat. ad, to or on, and saltare, to leap)

assault of the 8th of See also:

SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September he was in command of the whole of the storming troops.

In the struggle for the Malakov he received another serious wound. At the See also:

AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age of See also:

FORTY

forty-five Bosquet, now one of the foremost soldiers in See also:

EUROPE

Europe, became a senator and a marshal of France, but his See also:

HEALTH

health was broken, and he lived only a few years longer. He had the grand See also:

CROSS

cross of the See also:

Bath, the grand cross of the See also:

LEGION (Lat. legio)

Legion of See also:

HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

Honour, and the Medjidieh of the 1st class.

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