See also:

• ANTOINE, ANDRE (1858- )

ANTOINE See also:

• EUGENE

EUGENE See also:

• ALFRED

ALFRED See also:

• ANTOINE EUGENE ALFRED CHANZY (1823-1883)

CHANZY (1823-1883)  , See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Nouart (See also:

• ARDENNES

Ardennes) on the 18th of See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1823 . The son of a See also:

• CAVALRY (Fr. cavalerie, Ger. Kavallerie or Reiterei, derived ultimately from late Lat. caballus, horse)

cavalry officer, he was educated at the See also:

• NAVAL

naval school at See also:

• BREST

Brest, but enlisted in 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, and, subsequently passing through St Cyr, was commissioned in the Zouaves in 1843 . He saw a See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good See also:

• DEAL

deal of fighting in See also:

• ALGERIA
• ALGERIA (Algerie)

Algeria, and was promoted See also:

• LIEUTENANT

lieutenant in 1848, and See also:

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

captain in 1851 . He became chef de bataillon in 1856, and served in the See also:

• LOMBARDY

Lombardy See also:

• CAMPAIGN

campaign of 1859, being See also:

• PRESENT

present at See also:

• MAGENTA

Magenta and See also:

• SOLFERINO

Solferino . He took See also:

• PART

part in the Syrian campaign of 186o-61 as a lieutenant-See also:

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

colonel; and as colonel commanded the 48th See also:

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

regiment at See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome in 1864 . He returned to Algeria as 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, assisted to quell the Arab insurrection, and commanded the subdivisions of See also:

• BEL

Bel Abbes and See also:

• TLEMCEN

Tlemcen in 1868 . Although he had acquired a good professional reputation, he was in See also:

• BAD, BCD

bad odour at the See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war officeon See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of suspected contributigns to the See also:

• PRESS (through Fr. presse from Lat. pressare, frequentative of premere, to crush, squeeze, press)

press, and at the outbreak of the Franco-See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German War he was curtly refused a brigade command . After the revolution, however, the See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government of See also:

• NATIONAL

national See also:

• DEFENCE
• DEFENCE (Lat. defendere, to defend)

defence called him from Algeria, made him a general of See also:

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

division, and gave him command of the XVI. 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 the See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army of the See also:

• LOIRE

Loire . (For the operations of the See also:

• ORLEANS
• ORLEANS, CHARLES, DUKE OF (1391-1465)
• ORLEANS, DUKES OF
• ORLEANS, FERDINAND PHILIP LOUIS CHARLES HENRY, DUKE OF (1810-1842)
• ORLEANS, HENRI, PRINCE
• ORLEANS, HENRIETTA, DUCHESS
• ORLEANS, JEAN BAPTISTE GASTON, DUKE
• ORLEANS, LOUIS
• ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE JOSEPH
• ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ROBERT, DUKE
• ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE, DUKE OF (1725–1785)
• ORLEANS, LOUIS, DUKE OF (1372–1407)
• ORLEANS, PHILIP I
• ORLEANS, PHILIP II

Orleans campaign which followed, see FRANCO-GERMAN WAR.) The Loire army won the greatest success of the French during the whole war at Coulmiers, and followed this up with another victorious See also:

• ACTION

action at Patay; in both engagements ' General See also:

• CHANZY, ANTOINE EUGENE ALFRED (1823-1883)

Chanzy's corps took the most brilliant part . After the second See also:

• BATTLE

battle of Orleans and the separation of the two wings of the French army, Chanzy was appointed to command that in the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west, designated the second army of the Loire . His enemies, the See also:

• GRAND

grand See also:

• DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

duke of See also:

• MECKLENBURG

Mecklenburg, See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

Prince See also:

• FREDERICK
• FREDERICK (Mod. Ger. Friedrich; Ital. Federigo; Fr. Frederic and Federic; M.H.G. Friderich; O.H.G. Fridurih, " king or lord of peace," from O.H.G. fridu, A.S. frith, " peace," and rfh " rich," " a ruler," for derivation of which see HENRY)

Frederick See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles, and General von der Tann, all regarded Chanzy as their most formidable opponent . He displayed conspicuous moral courage and constancy, not less than technical skill, in the fighting from See also:

• BEAUGENCY

Beaugency to the Loire, in his See also:

• RETREAT (O. Fr. retrete, mod. retraite, from Lat. retrahere, to draw back)

retreat to Le Mans, and in retiring to See also:

• LAVAL
• LAVAL, ANDRE DE, SEIGNEUR DE LOHEAC (c. 1408-1485)

Laval behind the See also:

• MAYENNE
• MAYENNE, CHARLES OF LORRAINE

Mayenne .

As See also:

• GAMBETTA, LEON (1838-1882)

Gambetta was the soul, Chanzy was the strong right See also:

• ARM (a common Teutonic word; the Indo-European root is ar, to join or fit; cf. the Lat. armus, shoulder, and the plural word arma, weapons, Gr. apphs, joint, and the reduplicated apapilKSV, to join)

arm of French resistance to the invader . He was made a grand officer 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 was elected to the National See also:

• ASSEMBLY, UNLAWFUL

Assembly . At the outbreak of the See also:

• COMMUNE (Med. Lat. communia, Lat. communis, common)
• COMMUNE, MEDIEVAL

Commune, Chanzy, then at See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris, See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

fell into the hands of the insurgents, by whom he was forced to give his See also:

• PAROLE (shortened from the Fr. parole d'honneur, word of honour)

parole not to serve against them . It was said that he would otherwise have been appointed instead of Mac Mahon to command the army of See also:

• VERSAILLES

Versailles . A See also:

• RANSOM (from Lat. redemptio, through Fr. rancon)

ransom of £40,000 was also paid by the government for him . In 1872 he became a member of the See also:

• COMMITTEE (from commute, an Anglo-Fr. past participle of commettre, Lat. committere, to entrust; the modern Fr. equivalent comite is derived from the Eng.)

committee of defence and See also:

• COMMANDER

commander of the VII. army corps, and in 1873 was appointed See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor of Algeria, where he remained for six years . In 1875 he was elected a See also:

• LIFE

life senator, in 1878 received the grand See also:

• CROSS

cross of the Legion of Honour, and in 1879, without his consent, was nominated for the See also:

• PRESIDENCY

presidency of the See also:

• REPUBLIC (Lat. respublica, a commonweal or common-wealth)

republic, receiving a third of the See also:

• TOTAL

total votes . For two years he was See also:

• AMBASSADOR (also EMBASSADOR, the form sometimes still used in America; from the Fr. ambassadeur, with which compare Ital. ambasciatore and Span. embajador, all variants of the Med. Lat. ambassiator, ambassiator, ambasator, &c., derived from Med. Lat. amba

ambassador at St See also:

• PETERSBURG

Petersburg, during which See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time he received many tokens of respect, not only from the Russians, but also from the German See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor, See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William I., and Prince See also:

• BISMARCK
• BISMARCK, OTTO EDUARD LEOPOLD VON, PRINCE

Bismarck . He died suddenly, while commanding the VI. army corps (stationed nearest to the German frontier), at Chalons-sur-See also:

• MARNE

Marne, on the 4th of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1883, only a few days after Gambetta, and his remains received a See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state funeral . He was the author of La Deuxieme Armee de la Loire (1872) . Statues of General Chanzy have been erected at Nouart and Le Mans .