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Edmond Leboeuf

French general
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Born:
Dec. 5, 1809, Paris, France
Died:
June 7, 1888, Moncel-en-Trun (aged 78)

Edmond Leboeuf (born Dec. 5, 1809, Paris, France—died June 7, 1888, Moncel-en-Trun) was a French general who was marshal of the Second Empire and minister of war in the crucial period at the opening of the Franco-German War. Leboeuf studied at the École Polytechnique and participated in the Revolution of July 1830 that led to the accession of Louis-Philippe; subsequently, he served as an artillery officer in Algeria and distinguished himself in the siege of Constantine. Becoming a colonel in 1852 and a brigade general in 1854, he took part in the siege of Sevastopol during the Crimean War and ...(100 of 259 words)

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