Armand-Jacques Leroy de Saint Arnaud (August 20, 1801-September 29, 1854), French soldier, served as a Marshal of France. August 20 is the 232nd day of the year (233rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... The Union Jack, flag of the newly formed United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. ... September 29 is the 272nd day of the year (273rd in leap years). ... 1854 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... The Marshal of France (maréchal de France) was one of the Great Officers of the Crown of France. ...

Born in Paris, he entered the army in 1817, but after ten years of garrison service, he still held only the lowest commissioned grade. He then resigned, led a life of adventure in several lands and returned to the army at the age of thirty as a sub-lieutenant. He took part in the suppression of the Vendée émeute, and was for a time on the staff of General (Marshal) Bugeaud. However, his debts and the scandals of his private life compelled him to go to Algeria as a captain in the French Foreign Legion. There he distinguished himself on numerous occasions, and after twelve years had risen to the rank of maréchal de camp (major general). The Eiffel Tower has become the symbol of Paris throughout the world. ... 1817 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Thomas Robert Bugeaud de la Piconnerie, Duke of Isly (October 15, 1784 - June 10, 1849), was a marshal of France. ... Légionnaires in dress uniform. ...

In 1848 Saint Arnaud commanded a brigade during the revolution in Paris. On his return to Africa, possibly because Louis Napoleon considered him a suitable military head of a potential coup d'état, an expedition took place into Little Kabylia, in which Saint Arnaud showed his prowess as a commander-in-chief and provided his superiors with the pretext for bringing him home as a general of division (July 1851). 1848 is a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... // Observations of liberals As 1848 began, liberals in France awaited the death of King Louis Philippe, expecting a new revolution after his death. ... A satellite composite image of Africa Africa is the worlds second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia. ... ... A coup détat (pronounced ), or simply a coup, is the sudden overthrow of a government against the volonté générale formed by the majority of the citizenry, usually done by a smaller supposedly weaker body that just replaces the top power figures. ... This article focuses on the geographical area of Kabylie and its people. ... 1851 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...

He succeeded Marshal Magnan as minister of war and superintended the military operations of the coup d'état of December 2, 1851, which placed Louis Napoleon on the throne as Napoleon III. A year later he became a Marshal of France and a senator, remaining at the head of the war office till 1854, when he set out to command the French forces in the Crimean War, alongside his British colleague Lord Raglan. He died on board ship, shortly after commanding at the Battle of the Alma (20 September 1854). His body, returned to France, lies buried in Les Invalides. December 2 is the 336th day (337th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1851 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 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. ... The Marshal of France (maréchal de France) was one of the Great Officers of the Crown of France. ... Combatants United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Second French Empire, Ottoman Empire, Kingdom of Sardinia Imperial Russia Strength 250,000 British 400,000 French 10,000 Sardinian 1,200,000 Russian Casualties 17,500 British 90,000 French 35,000 Turkish 2,050 Sardinian killed, wounded and died of... Field Marshal Lord Raglan during the Crimean War, portrait by Roger Fenton, ca. ... Template:Infobox Military Conflict General The Battle of Alma (September 20, 1854), the first battle of the Crimean War (1854–1856), took place in the vicinity of the River Alma in the Crimea. ... September 20 is the 263rd day of the year (264th in leap years). ... 1854 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... The church at the Invalides, with its dome Les Invalides in Paris, France consists of a complex of buildings in the 7th arrondissement containing museums and monuments, all relating to Frances military history, as well as a hospital and a retirement home for war veterans, the buildings original...

The town of St. Arnaud (Saint Arnaud, Victoria Australia ) was named after Jaques and has a commemorative statue of him in the towns botanical gardens on Napier Street. Location of Saint Arnaud in Victoria (red) Saint Arnaud (36°36′S 143°15′E) is a town in Victoria, Australia, on the Sunraysia Highway. ...

The St. Arnaud Range and the nearby locality of St Arnaud in New Zealand both derive their name from him. Saint Arnaud is a small alpine village located in the north of New Zealands South Island. ...

See Lettres du Maréchal de Saint Arnaud (Paris, 1855; 2nd edition with memoir by Sainte-Beuve, 1858). Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve (December 23, 1804 – October 13, 1869) was a literary critic and one of the major figures of French literary history. ...

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• This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.