ERNEST See also:

• LOUIS
• LOUIS (804–876)
• LOUIS (893–911)
• LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
• LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian

LOUIS See also:

• OCTAVE (from Lat. octavus, eighth, octo, eight)

OCTAVE COURTOT DE See also:

• ERNEST LOUIS OCTAVE COURTOT DE CISSEY (1810-1882)

CISSEY (1810-1882)  , 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 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 on the 23rd of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 181o, and after passing through St Cyr, entered the See also:

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

army in 1832, becoming See also:

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

captain in 1839 . He saw active service in See also:

• ALGERIA
• ALGERIA (Algerie)

Algeria, and became chef d'escadron in 1849 and See also:

• LIEUTENANT

lieutenant-See also:

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

colonel in 185o . He took See also:

• PART

part as a colonel in the See also:

• CRIMEAN

Crimean See also:

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

War, and after the See also:

• BATTLE

battle of See also:

• INKERMAN, BATTLE OF

Inkerman received the See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank of 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 . In 1863 he was promoted general of See also:

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

division . When the Franco-See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German War See also:

• BROKE, or BROOKE, ARTHUR (d. 1563)
• BROKE, SIR PHILIP BOWES VERE, BART

broke out in 187o, de See also:

• CISSEY, ERNEST LOUIS OCTAVE COURTOT DE (1810-1882)

Cissey was given a divisional command in the Army of the See also:

• RHINE (Lat. Rhenus, Ger. Rhein, Fr. Rhin, Dutch Rhyn, or Rijn)

Rhine, and he was included in the surrender of See also:

• BAZAINE, ACHILLE FRANCOIS (1811–1888)

Bazaine's army at See also:

• METZ

Metz . He was released from captivity only at the end of the war, and on his return was at once appointed by the See also:

• VERSAILLES

Versailles 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 to a command in the army engaged in the suppression of the See also:

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

Commune, a task in the See also:

• EXECUTION (from Lat. ex-sequor, exsecutus, follow or carry out)

execution of which he displayed See also:

• GREAT

great rigour . From See also:

• JULY

July 1871 de Cissey sat as a See also:

• DEPUTY (through the Fr. from a Late Lat. use of deputare, to cut off, allot; putare having the original sense of to trim, prune)

deputy, and he had already become See also:

• MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

minister of war . He occupied this See also:

• POST

post several times during the See also:

• CRITICAL (in alphabetical order of authors)

critical See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period of the reorganization of the French army . In 188o, whilst holding the command of the XI. 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 at See also:

• NANTES
• NANTES, EDICT OF

Nantes, he was accused of having relations with a certain Baroness Kaula, who was said to be a See also:

• SPY
• SPY (from " to spy " or " espy"; 0. Fr. espie, espier, to spy, watch; cf. Ger. spdhen, Lat. specere, to look; the Fr. term " espionage "is of course from the same source)

spy in the pay of See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany, and he was in consequence relieved from See also:

• DUTY (from " due," that which is owing, O. Fr. deu, dil, past participle of devoir; Lat. debere, debitum; cf. " debt ")

duty . An inquiry subsequently held resulted in de Cissey's favour (r881) . He died on the 15th of See also:

• JUNE

June 1882 at Paris .