Background
He was born in 1811 at Laon, France.
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Sedan (Classic Reprint) (French Edition)
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La Bataille De Sedan: Les Véritables Coupablés (French Edition)
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Emmanuel Félix de Wimpffen
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also known as
Graf von Wimpffen
Education
He studied at the military school of St Cyr.
Career
Entering the army from the military school of St Cyr, he saw considerable active service in Algeria, and in 1840 became captain, in 1847 chef de balaillon. He first earned marked distinction in the Crimean War as colonel of a Turco regiment, and his conduct at the storm of the Mamelon won him the grade of general of brigade.
But when the earlier battles revealed incapacity in the commander of the 5th corps, De Wimpffen was ordered to take it over, and was given a dormant commission appointing him to command the Army of Chlons in case of Marshal MacMahon's disablement. He only arrived at the front in lime to rally the fugitives of the 5th corps, beaten at Beaumont, and to march them to Sedan.
In the disastrous battle of the 1st of September, MacMahon was soon wounded, and the senior officer, General Ducrot, assumed the command.
Ducrot was beginning to withdraw the troops when Wimpffen produced his commission and countermanded the orders In consequence it fell to him to negotiate the surrender of the whole French army. After his release from captivity, he lived in retirement at Algiers, and died at Paris in 1884.
His later years were occupied with polemical discussions on the surrender of Sedan, the responsibility for which was laid upon him.
He wrote, amongst other works, Sedan (1871), La Situation de la France, et les reformes' necessaires (1873) and La Nation armee(1875).
Achievements
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In the campaign of 1859 he was with General MacMahon at Magenta at the head of a brigade of Guard Infantry, and again won promotion on the field of battle. Between this campaign and that of 1870 he was mainly employed in Algeria, and was not at first given a command in the ill-fated " Army of the Rhine. "
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Sedan (Classic Reprint) (French Edition)
(Excerpt from Sedan Ce travail de classification accompli...)
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La Bataille De Sedan: Les Véritables Coupablés (French Edition)
(This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before ...)
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Sedan (Classic Reprint) (French Edition)
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Born
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February 26, 1884 (aged 72) -
Nationality
France -
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