Pierre Louis Charles de Failly
Pierre-Louis Charles de Failly | |
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| Commands held | 2nd Infantry Division (1859) French Expeditionary Corps in Rome (1867) 3rd Corps (1869) 5th Corps (1870) |
| Battles/wars | Crimean War Franco-Austrian War Franco-Prussian War |
| Awards | Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour GCB Order of the Medjidie 2nd Class Crimea Medal Médaille militaire |
Pierre-Louis Charles de Failly (21 January 1810 – 15 November 1892) was a French general.
He was born in Rozoy-sur-Serre,
Lorraine), and of Sophie Desmons de Maigneux. He was educated at the Saint-Cyr
and entered the army in 1828.
By 1851, he had risen to the rank of colonel.
Austro-Sardinian War he commanded the 3rd Infantry Division in the 4th Corps. In 1867, he led the French expeditionary corps sent to protect the Papal States with which he defeated Giuseppe Garibaldi at Mentana, this action being the first in which the Chassepot
rifle was used. Back in France, he was made a senator for life.
In 1870, during the
Sedan
on 2 September, but was liberated some months later.
The rest of his life was spent in retirement. He died at Compiègne, aged 82.
Failly wrote Campagne de 1870. Opérations et marches du 5ème corps jusqu'au 31 août (Brussels, 1871).
References
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Failly, Pierre Louis Charles de". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
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