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See also:FROSSARD, See also:CHARLES AUGUSTE (1807–1875) , See also:French See also:general, was See also:born on the 26th of See also:April 1807, and entered the See also:army from the Ecole Polytechnique in 1827, being posted to the See also:engineers. He took See also:part in the See also:siege of See also:Rome in 1849 and in that of Sebastopol in 1855, after which he was promoted general of See also:brigade. Four years later as general of See also:division, and See also:chief of engineers in the See also:Italian See also:campaign, he attracted the particular See also:notice of the See also:emperor See also:Napoleon III., who made him in 1867 chief of his military See also:household and See also:governor to the See also:prince imperial. He was one of the See also:superior military authorities who in this See also:period 1866–187o foresaw and endeavoured to prepare for the inevitable See also:war with See also:Germany, and at the outbreak of war he was given by Napoleon the choice between a See also:corps command and the See also:post of chief engineer at headquarters. He See also:chose the command of the II. corps. On the 6th of See also:August 1870 he held the position of Spicheren against the Germans until the arrival of reinforcements for the latter, and the non-See also:appearance of the other French corps compelled him to retire. After this he took part in the battles around See also:Metz, and was involved with his corps in the surrender of See also:Bazaine's army. General Frossard published in 1872 a Rapport sur See also:les operations du 2" corps. He died at See also:Chateau-Villain (Haute-See also:Marne) on the 25th of August 1875.
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