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of 1848. Others were selected merely for their "outstanding ugliness or coarseness of feature". To the desperate entreaties of one woman, who threw herself on her knees begging for mercy, he replied 'Madame, I have frequented every theatre in Paris; your acting will have no effect on me.'
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In the suppression of the Paris Commune, he did his duty, as he saw it, rigorously and inflexibly, and earned a reputation for severity, which, throughout his later career, made him the object of unceasing attacks in the press and the
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for his able conduct of the autumn manoeuvres in 1891. After again commanding at the manoeuvres of 1894, he retired from the active list.
418: 253:, he was appointed governor of Paris. In 1887, he was also decorated with the Grand Cross of the LĂ©gion d'Honneur. He then received the 98:, Gaston Galliffet entered the army in 1848 and was commissioned as a sub-lieutenant in 1853. He served with distinction at the 502: 264:'s cabinet, and distinguished himself by the firmness with which he dealt with cases of unrest in the army in the midst of the 203:, surmounting great difficulties in a rapid march across the desert, and inflicting severe defeats on the revolting tribes. 482: 287: 114: 487: 99: 129:, returned to Mexico as a lieutenant-colonel and, after winning further distinction, became in 1867 colonel of the 3rd 174:
who had directed the assault. Gallifet established a processing center at the Porte de la Muette, on the edge of the
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of 1859, and in Algeria in 1860, after which for a time he served on the personal staff of the emperor,
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Later, he took an important part in French politics, as war minister (June 1899 to May 1900) in
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On the general reorganisation of the army, he commanded the 31st infantry brigade. Promoted
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of 1870–71, he commanded this regiment in the Army of the Rhine, until promoted to
175: 118: 68: 250: 147: 265: 268:. Galliffet then retired into private life, and died on 8 July 1909, aged 79. 178:, where he would hold reviews of the Communard prisoners due to be marched to 150:, which marked the defeat of Napoleon III and the subsequent collapse of the 456: 409: 404: 304: 242:-wide reputation on all cavalry questions and, indeed, as an army commander. 167: 60: 53: 154:, he led the brigade of Chasseurs d'Afrique in the heroic charge of General 238:. He conducted the cavalry manoeuvres in successive years, and attained a 82:
also took part in the same government, and was thus side by side with the
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
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subdivision of Algeria, and commanded an expedition against
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cavalry division, which earned him the admiration of the
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The Fall of Paris; The Siege and the Commune: 1870-71
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Gaston Alexandre Auguste, Marquis de Galliffet

Photo
Nadar
Paris
French
general
Paris Commune
Minister of War
Waldeck-Rousseau
socialist
independent socialist
Alexandre Millerand
Paris
Siege of Sevastopol
Austro-Sardinian War
Napoleon III
Napoleon III's intervention in Mexico
Puebla
Arabs
Chasseurs d'Afrique
Franco-Prussian War
General de Brigade
Battle of Sedan
Second Empire
Margueritte's
old king
Prussia
Paris Commune
Adolphe Thiers

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