Date of birth:

November 8th, 1810 (Mont-de-Marsan, France)

Date of death:

February 3rd, 1861 (Pau, France)

Nationality:

French (1804-1814, 1st French Empire)

1829: 'École polytechnique
1930: took part in the insurrection to destitute King Charles X
1831:-1833: sous-lieutenant, école d'application de l'artillerie, Metz
1833: promoted to lieutenant, 10e Régiment d'Artillerie.
1834: deployed in Algéria
1839: promoted to capitaine, 4e Régiment d'Artillerie
1839: distinguished himself at Sidi Lakhdar and Oued Mellah
1841: transferred in the infantry
June 05th,1842: promoted to chef de bataillon, commandant, 2e Bataillon de Tirailleurs Indigènes d'Oran
May 14th,1843: distinguished himself during an opération against the Flittas tribe
1845: promoted to lieutenant-colonel, commandant, 53e Régiment d'Infanterie de Ligne
1847: promoted to colonel, commandant, 16e Régiment d'Infanterie de Ligne
1848: commandant, districts d'Oran, Mostaganem then Setif
1848: severely WIA to the shoulder during an operation in Kabylia
1848: exceptionnaly promoted to général de brigade with six citations at Army level
1853: commandant, DIvision, Armée d'Orient - Crimea War
September 1854: Battle of the Alma
October 1854: commadant, corps, Armée d'Orient - siege at Sébastopol
November 05th, 1854: battle of Inkerman
June 07th,1855: commandant, corps d'infanterie - capture of the Malakoff hill
September 08th, 1854: severely WIA during the capture of Malakoff
1856-1858: président d'honneur, L’Œuvre d’Orient
1856: sénateur, Maréchal de France
1874: a newly created village is named Bosquet, in the Dahra region, East of Mostaganem, today renamed Hadjadj, Algeria

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