François Achille Bazaine
François Achille Bazaine (13 February 1811 – 23 September 1888) was an officer of the French army. Rising from the ranks, during four decades of distinguished service (including 35 years on campaign) under Louis-Philippe and then Napoleon III, he held every rank in the army from fusilier to Marshal of France, the latter in 1863.
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François Achille Bazaine on campaign in Mexico by Jean-Adolphe Beauce. | |
| Nickname(s) | Achille |
| Born | 13 February 1811 Versailles, Seine-et-Oise, France |
| Died | 23 September 1888 (aged 77) Madrid, Spain |
| Allegiance | July Monarchy French Second Republic Second French Empire |
| Service/ | French Army |
| Years of service | 1831–1873 |
| Rank | Marshal of France (Dignity of the State) |
| Commands held | Governor of Tlemcen, Algeria 1848 1st Regiment, 1st Foreign Legion 1er R.E.L.E 1851 Foreign Legion Brigade (1st & 2nd Foreign), Crimea 1854 Governor of Sevastopol 1855 Army Inspector General 1857 French Forces in Mexico 1864 Commander-in-Chief Imperial Guard Paris 1867 III Army Corps, Army of the Rhine 1870 Commander-in-Chief French Forces, Franco-Prussian War 1870 |
| Battles/wars | First Carlist War Crimean War Franco-Austrian War French intervention in Mexico Franco-Prussian War
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| Other work | Senator of the Second French Empire |
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