AIMABLE See also:

• JEAN

JEAN JACQUES See also:

• AIMABLE JEAN JACQUES PELISSIER (1794-1864)

PELISSIER (1794-1864)  , See also:

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

duke of Malakoff, See also:

• MARSHAL (med. Lat. marescalcus, from O.H.Ger. marah, horse, and scalc, servant)

marshal of See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born on the 6th of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1794 at Maromme (See also:

• SEINE
• SEINE (Lat. Sequana)
• SEINE, or SEAN (O. Fr. seigne, mod. seine, Lat. sagena, Gr. vaytivrl, a draw-net)

Seine Inferieure), of a See also:

• FAMILY

family of prosperous artisans or See also:

• YEOMAN

yeoman, his See also:

• FATHER

father being employed in a See also:

• POWDER (through O. Fr. puldre, modern poudre, from Lat. pulvis, pulveris, dust)

powder-See also:

• MAGAZINE

magazine . After attending the military See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

college of La See also:

• FLECHE (French for " arrow ")

Fleche and the See also:

• SPECIAL

special school of St Cyr, he in 1815 entered the See also:

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

army as sub-See also:

• LIEUTENANT

lieutenant in an 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 See also:

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

regiment . A brilliant examination in 1819 secured his See also:

• APPOINTMENT, POWER OF

appointment to the See also:

• STAFF (O. Eng. staef, cf. Du. staf, Ger. Stab, &c.; Icel. stafr meant also a written letter, and O. Eng. stafas, the letters of the alphabet; " stave," one of the thin pieces of wood of which a cask is made, is a doublet)

staff . He served as aide-de-See also:

• CAMP (from Lat. campus, field)

camp in the See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish See also:

• CAMPAIGN

campaign of 1823, and in the expedition to the Morea in 1828-29 . In 183o he took See also:

• PART

part in the expedition to See also:

• ALGERIA
• ALGERIA (Algerie)

Algeria, and on his return was promoted to 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 chef d'escadron . After some years' staff service in 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 he was again sent to Algeria as See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief of staff of the See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province of See also:

• ORAN (Arabic Wahran, i.e. ravine)

Oran with the rank of lieutenant-See also:

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

colonel, and remained there till 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, taking a prominent part in many important operations . The severity of his conduct in suffocating a whole Arab tribe in the Dahra or Dahna caves, near Mustaganem, where they had taken See also:

• REFUGE

refuge (See also:

• JUNE

June 18, 1845), awakened such indignation in See also:

• EUROPE

Europe that Marshal See also:

• SOULT, NICOLAS JEAN DE DIEU

Soult, the See also:

• MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

minister of war, publicly expressed his regret; but Marshal Bugeaud, the See also:

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

governor-See also:

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

general of Algeria, not only gave it his approval, but secured for See also:

• PELISSIER, AIMABLE JEAN JACQUES (1794-1864)

Pelissier the 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, which he held till 185o, when he was promoted general of See also:

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

division . After the battles of See also:

• OCTOBER

October and November 1854 before See also:

• SEVASTOPOL, or SEBASTOPOL

Sevastopol, Pelissier was sent to the See also:

• CRIMEA (ancient Tauris or Tauric Chersonese, called by the Russians by the Tatar name Krym or Crim)

Crimea, where on the 16th of May 1855 he succeeded Marshal See also:

• CANROBERT, FRANCOIS CERTAIN (1809–1895)

Canrobert as See also:

• COMMANDER

commander-in-chief of the See also:

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

French forces before Sevastopol (see CRIMEAN WAR) . His command was marked by relentless pressure of the enemy and unalterable determination to conduct the campaign without interference from Paris . His perseverance was crowned with 2 The See also:

• LEGEND (through the French from the med. Lat. legenda, things to be read, from legere, to read)

legend was commonly believed in the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle ages . See also:

• EPIPHANIUS, SAINT (c. 315-402)

Epiphanius, See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

bishop of See also:

• CONSTANTIA

Constantia, in his See also:

• PHYSIOLOGUS

Physiologus (1588), writes that the See also:

• FEMALE

female See also:

• BIRD

bird, in cherishing her See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

young, wounds them with loving, and pierces their sides, and they See also:

• DIE
• DIE (Fr. de, from Lat. datum, given)

die . After three days the male See also:

• PELICAN (Fr. Pelican; Lat. Pelecanus or Pelicanus)

pelican comes and finds them dead, and his See also:

• HEART
• HEART, LUNG

heart is pained .

He smites his own See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side, and as he stands over the wounds of the dead young ones the See also:

• BLOOD

blood trickles down, and thus are they made alive again . The pelican " in his piety "—i.e. in this pious See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

act of reviving his offspring—was a See also:

• COMMON

common subject for 15th-See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century See also:

• EMBLEM (Gr. Eµ3Xysa, something put in or inserted, from EµfiiXAew, to throw in)

emblem books; it became a See also:

• SYMBOL (Gr. o-uµ(3oXov, a sign)

symbol of self-See also:

• SACRIFICE (from Lat. sacrificium; sacer, holy, and facere, to make)

sacrifice, a type of See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian redemption and of the Eucharistic See also:

• DOCTRINE

doctrine . The See also:

• DEVICE

device was adopted by Bishop See also:

• FOX
• FOX, C
• FOX, CHARLES JAMES (1749-1806)
• FOX, EDWARD (c. 1496-1538)
• FOX, GEORGE (1624-1691)
• FOX, RICHARD (c. 1448-1528)
• FOX, ROBERT WERE (1789—1877)
• FOX, SIR STEPHEN (1627–1716)
• FOX, SIR WILLIAM (1812-1893)

Fox in 1516 for his new college of Corpus Christi, See also:

• OXFORD
• OXFORD, EARLS OF
• OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
• OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
• OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
• OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
• OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST

Oxford.—[H . CH.l success in the storming of the Malakoff on the 8th of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September . On the 12th he was promoted to be marshal . On his return to Paris he was named senator, created duke of Malakoff (See also:

• JULY

July 22, 1856), and rewarded with a See also:

• GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
• GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
• GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
• GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
• GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
• GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
• GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
• GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
• GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
• GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
• GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
• GRANT, U
• GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)

grant of 1oo,000 francs per annum . From 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 1858 to May 18J9 he was French 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 in See also:

• LONDON

London, whence,he was recalled to take command of the army of observation on the See also:

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

Rhine . In the same See also:

• YEAR

year he became See also:

• GRAND

grand See also:

• CHANCELLOR (M. Eng. and Anglo-Fr. canceler, chanceler, Fr. chancelier, Lat. cancellarius)

chancellor 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 . In 186o he was appointed governor-general of Algeria, and he died there on the 22nd of May 1864 . See Marbaud, Le Marechal Pilissier (1863); Castille, Portraits historiques, 2nd See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series (1859) .