See also:

• EMMANUEL, or IMMANUEL

EMMANUEL See also:

• FELIX
• FELIX, ANTONIUS
• FELIX, LIA (1830– )

FELIX DE See also:

• EMMANUEL FELIX DE WIMPFFEN (1811-1884)

WIMPFFEN (1811-1884)  , See also:

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

French soldier . Entering the See also:

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

army from the military school of St Cyr, he saw considerable active service in See also:

• ALGERIA
• ALGERIA (Algerie)

Algeria, and in 184o became See also:

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

captain, in 1847 chef de bataillon . He first earned marked distinction 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 as See also:

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

colonel of a Turco See also:

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

regiment, and his conduct at the See also:

• STORM (in O. Eng..storm, and so in Du. and Low Ger.; in O. H. Ger. and mod. Ger. Sturm; the root is probably that seen in " stir," to rouse, move, disturb, cf. Ger. storen)
• STORM, THEODOR WOLDSEN (1817-1888)

storm of the Mamelon won him the grade of See also:

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

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 the See also:

• CAMPAIGN

campaign of 1859 he was with General See also:

• MACMAHON, MARIE

MacMahon at See also:

• MAGENTA

Magenta at the See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head of a brigade of Guard See also:

• INFANTRY

Infantry, and again won promotion on the See also:

• FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
• FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
• FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
• FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
• FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
• FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
• FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
• FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
• FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
• FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
• FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)

field of See also:

• BATTLE

battle . Between this campaign and that of 187o he was mainly employed in Algeria, and was not at first given a command in the See also:

• ILL

ill-fated " Army of the See also:

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

Rhine." But when the earlier battles revealed incapacity in the See also:

• COMMANDER

commander of the 5th 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, De See also:

• WIMPFFEN, EMMANUEL FELIX DE (1811-1884)

Wimpffen was ordered to take it over, and was given a dormant See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

commission appointing him to command the Army of Chalons in See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

case of See also:

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

Marshal MacMahon's disablement . He only arrived at the front in 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 to rally the fugitives of the 5th corps, beaten at See also:

• BEAUMONT
• BEAUMONT, BELMONT, or BELLOMONT
• BEAUMONT, CHRISTOPHE DE (1703-1781)
• BEAUMONT, SIR JOHN (1583–1627)

Beaumont, and to 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 them to See also:

• SEDAN

Sedan . In the disastrous battle of the 1st of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September, MacMahon was soon wounded, and the See also:

• SENIOR, NASSAU WILLIAM (1790-1864)

senior officer, General Ducrot, assumed the command . Ducrot was beginning to withdraw the troops when Wimpffen produced his commission and countermanded the See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order* In consequence it See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

fell to him to negotiate the surrender of the whole French army . After his See also:

• RELEASE (O.Fr. reles, variant of relais, from relaisser, to release, let go, Lat. relaxare)

release from captivity, he lived in retirement at See also:

• ALGIERS (Fr. Alger, Arab. Jezair, i.e. The Islands)

Algiers, and died 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 in 1884 . His later years were occupied with polemical discussions on the surrender of Sedan, the responsibility for which was laid upon him . He wrote, amongst other See also:

• WORKS

works, Sedan (1871), La Situation de la See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France, et See also:

• LES

les reformes'necessaires (1873) and La Nation armee (1875) .