Edmond Leboeuf (5 November 1809 - 7 June 1888) was a marshal of France. November 5 is the 309th day of the year (310th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 56 days remaining. ... 1809 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... June 7 is the 158th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (159th in leap years), with 207 days remaining. ... 1888 is a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... The title of marshal of France (maréchal de France) was derived from the office of marescallus Franciae created by Philippe Auguste for Albéric Clément (circa 1190). ...

He was born at Paris, passed through the École polytechnique and the school of Metz, and distinguished himself as an artillery officer in Algerian warfare, becoming colonel in 1852. He commanded the artillery of the 1st French corps at the siege of Sebastopol, and was promoted in 1854 to the rank of general of brigade, and in 1857 to that of general of division. The Eiffel Tower has become the symbol of Paris throughout the world. ... The cadets of Polytechnique rushed to the defense of Paris against the foreign armies in 1814. ... Location within France Rhine watershed Metz is a city in the North-East of France, capital of the Lorraine région and of the département of Moselle (57). ... A Colonel is also a non-military honorary title awarded by some U.S. Southern states. ... Sebastopol may refer to: Sebastopol, California, USA Sebastopol, Mississippi, USA Sevastopol, Ukraine used to be known as Sebastopol This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

In the Italian War of 1859 he commanded the artillery, and by his action at Solferino materially assisted in achieving the victory. In September 1866, having in the meantime become aide-de-camp to Napoleon III, he was despatched to Venetia to hand over that province to Victor Emmanuel. In 1869, on the death of Marshal Niel, General Leboeuf became minister of war, and earned public approbation by his vigorous reorganization of the War Office and the civil departments of the service. In the spring of 1870 he received the marshals baton. The Battle of Solférino was fought on June 21, 1859 and resulted in the victory of the allied French Army under Napoleon III and Piedmontese Army under Victor Emmanuel II against the Austrian Army under Emperor Franz-Joseph. ... Charles Louis Napoléon Bonaparte (April 20, 1808 - January 9, 1873) was the son of King Louis Bonaparte and Queen Hortense de Beauharnais; both monarchs of the French puppet state, the Kingdom of Holland. ... Venetia is a name used mostly in a historical context for the area of north-eastern Italy formerly under the control of the Republic of Venice and corresponding approximately to the present-day Italian administrative regions of the Veneto and Friuli-Venezia Giulia. ... Victor Emmanuel can refer to any of three Italian monarchs and one Crown Prince of the House of Savoy: Victor Emmanuel I of Savoy Victor Emmanuel II of Italy Victor Emmanuel III of Italy Victor Emmanuel, Prince of Naples This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other... Adolphe Niel (October 4, 1802 - August 13, 1869) was a marshal of France. ... 1870 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...

On the declaration of war with German,y Marshal Leboeuf delivered himself in the Corps Legislatif of the historic saying, So ready are we, that if the war lasts two years, not a gaiter button would be found wanting. It may be that he intended this to mean that, given time, the reorganization of the War Office would be perfected through experience, but the result inevitably caused it to be regarded as a mere boast, though it is now known that the administrative confusion on the frontier in July 1870 was far less serious than was supposed at the time. Leboeuf took part in the Lorraine campaign, at first as chief of staff (major-general) of the Army of the Rhine, and afterwards, when Bazaine became commander-in-chief, as chief of the III Corps, which he led in the battles around Metz. He distinguished himself, whenever engaged, by personal bravery and good leadership. Shut up with Bazaine in Metz, on its fall he was confined as a prisoner in Germany. Capital Metz Area 23,547 km² Regional President Jean-Pierre Masseret Population  - 2005 estimate  - 1999 census  - Density 2,310,376 98/km² Arrondissements 19 Cantons 157 Communes 2,337 Départements Meurthe-et-Moselle Meuse Moselle Vosges Lorraine ( German: Lothringen) is a historical area in present-day northeast France. ... List of military corps — List of military corps by number A number of countries have Third, or III, Corps: British III Corps Finnish III Corps (Continuation War) German III Panzer Corps (WWII) Indian III Corps Iraqi III Corps Soviet 3 Breakthrough Artillery Corps Soviet 3 Guards Rifle Corps Soviet 3...

On the conclusion of peace be returned to France and gave evidence before the commission of inquiry into the surrender of that stronghold, when he strongly denounced Bazaine. After this he retired into private life to the Chateau du Moncel near Argentan, where he died in 1888. Argentan is a commune, a canton and an arrondissement of the Orne France. ...

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