Ireland and France . of the family were royalist, themother of MacMahon, a great-granddaughter ofthe famous engineer, Riquet, befriended more thanone of the republican exiles in the days of theiradversity. When Courtois, of the LegislativeAssembly, had to fly, his orphaned daughter foundin the Countess de MacMahon a mother and pro-tector. The Count had seventeen children, nineof whom survived. There were four sons. Thethird, who was destined for such a famous part inthe history of France, was born at the Castle ofSully, on the 13th of June, 1808. At the age of 17 the future Marshal enteredthe
Ireland and France . of the family were royalist, themother of MacMahon, a great-granddaughter ofthe famous engineer, Riquet, befriended more thanone of the republican exiles in the days of theiradversity. When Courtois, of the LegislativeAssembly, had to fly, his orphaned daughter foundin the Countess de MacMahon a mother and pro-tector. The Count had seventeen children, nineof whom survived. There were four sons. Thethird, who was destined for such a famous part inthe history of France, was born at the Castle ofSully, on the 13th of June, 1808. At the age of 17 the future Marshal enteredthe military school of St. Cyr, from which hegraduated with high honors in October, 1827. InJanuary, 1830, he was made lieutenant of theFourth Hussars, and in the following April hewent with the Twentieth Regiment to Algiers, withwhich country France was then at war. For hisbrilliant conduct in the war he was made a lieu-tenant in April, 1831, and in the September follow-ing, received the cross of Knight of the Legion of. 112 MARSHAL MACMAHON. Honor, a rare honor then for so young a young MacMahon returned to France, and in1833 was made adjutant first, and captain after-wards, of the Eighth Cuirassiers. He returned toAlgiers in 1836, but was back in Paris in 1838,when he received the unusual honor of promotionin the Order of the Legion of Honor to the classof officer. From 1840 to 1855 young MacMahonserved constantly in Algiers. As lieutenant-colonelof the Foreign Legion he was engaged in all theaffairs against the Kabyles, from 1842 to 1844,when he was appointed full colonel of the Forty-firstRegiment of the line, in the Province of Oran. II.âGeneral of Brigade. In 1848 MacMahon was made General of Brig-ade and obtained command of the Province ofOran. In 1852 he was appointed to the militarygovernment of Constantinople, and was promoted tothe rank of General of Division. When the Crimeanwar broke out General MacMahon was at firstappointed to the First Corps of the Arm
Size: 1435px × 1741px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1890, booksubjectredcrossandredcresce
