Jean Auguste Margueritte (1823-September 6, 1870), French General, father of Victor Margueritte and Paul Margueritte. 1823 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... September 6 is the 249th day of the year (250th in leap years). ... 1870 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Victor Margueritte (1866 -1942) and his brother Paul Margueritte,(1860-1918), French novelists, both born in Algeria, were the sons of General Jean Auguste Margueritte (1823-1870), who after an honorable career in Algeria was mortally wounded in the great cavalry charge at Sedan, and died in Belgium, on the... Paul Margueritte, (1860-1918), and his brother Victor Margueritte (1866 -1942) , French novelists, both born in Algeria, were the sons of General Jean Auguste Margueritte (1823-1870), who after an honorable career in Algeria was mortally wounded in the great cavalry charge at Sedan, and died in Belgium, on the...

After an honorable career in Algeria was mortally wounded in the great cavalry charge at Sedan, and died in Belgium. An account of his life was published by his son, Paul Margueritte as Man pere (1884; enlarged ed., 1897). The Battle of Sedan was fought during the Franco-Prussian War on September 1, 1870. ... Paul Margueritte, (1860-1918), and his brother Victor Margueritte (1866 -1942) , French novelists, both born in Algeria, were the sons of General Jean Auguste Margueritte (1823-1870), who after an honorable career in Algeria was mortally wounded in the great cavalry charge at Sedan, and died in Belgium, on the...

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• This article incorporates text from the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, which is in the public domain.