Armand-Octave-Marie d'Allonville
Armand d'Allonville | |
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General of Division | |
| Unit | Spahis Chasseurs d'Afrique |
| Battles/wars | Belgian Revolution
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| Awards | Senator |
senator
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Biography
Origins
Armand d'Allonville was born 21 January 1809 in Hanover, then under French occupation, from viscount Antoine Jean Baptiste d'Allonville (1765–1811) and Céleste Octavie de La Bourdonnaye (1787–1863).[1] His family has a military heritage that dates back from the Crusades.[1] A noble from Brittany, his father had emigrated during the French Revolution and d'Allonville was re-naturalized French in Rennes in 1830.
Early military career
After his graduation from the
General Rulhières
.
During the
Légion d'honneur. At the Battle of Isly, he distinguished himself by taking the Moroccans' cannons with his Spahis
.
In 1839, he was appointed
Marshall de Saint Arnaud
.
Napoleon III's coup
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Colonel of the
Napoléon III's coup d'état, 2 December 1851. He commanded a division of cavalry on the Champs-Élysées
, but did not meet hostility from the Parisian crowd.
Crimean War
D'Allonville was the
Cossacks on the Fedyukhin Heights to ensure the British Light Brigade would not be hit by fire from that flank and later provided cover for the remaining elements of the Light Brigade as they withdrew.[2][3]
For this brilliant feat of arms, d'Allonville was promoted
general of division and commanded, from 20 May 1855, the 1st brigade, comprising the 1st and 4th hussar regiments, and the 2nd brigade, comprising the 6th and 7th dragoon
regiments.
At the
Légion d'honneur and received the Order of the Bath from the British and the Order of the Medjidie from the Turks.[1]
Later life
D'Allonville's declining health led him to leave active service in the
Versailles. He was interred in Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d Larousse.fr
- ^ Correspondent (14 November 1854). "The Cavalry Action at Balaclava 25 October". The Times (21898): pp 7–8. Although unnamed, the correspondent was William Howard Russell.
- ^ History of war
Bibliography
- D'allonville's genealogy (FR)
- Le livre d'or de l'Algérie, Narcisse Faucon, Challamel et Cie Éditeurs Librairie Algérienne et Coloniale, 1889 (FR)
- British Military Intelligence in the Crimean War, 1854–1856, par Stephen M. Harris.
- La contestation chez les cadres de l'Armée franc̜aisede 1650 à 1986, par Pierre Denis (FR)
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