Auguste-Alexandre Ducrot

The major general Auguste-Alexandre Ducrot ordered the 1 {{er}} army corps with Sedan, escaped, regained Paris where it controlled the output of the Armées with Paris from November 31st to December 3rd, 1870 (combat of Champigny, Brie-sur-Marne, the Villiers-on-Marne).
Its last battle is that of Buzenval, on January 19th, 1871.

February 8th, 1871 he is elected appointed of Nievre to the National Assembly

Registry office

Born the February 24th 1817 with Nevers (Nievre). He is the son of Guillaume-Jacques Ducrot, major with the 12th regiment of Hunters of Isere in garrison in Nevers and of Marie, Julie, Louise Dupleix.
He marries Miss Marie-Ursule de Champs, born the January 23rd 1828, domiciled with Varennes-the-Nevers, girl of Ferdinand, François Joseph de Champs, former officer and of Francoise Agathe Dollet de Chassenet, on December 5th, 1848.

Military career

Decorations

French Decorations

Large officer of the Legion of honor (August 20th, 1870)
Medal of the Baltic
Medal of Italy

foreign Decorations

Commander of the Order of Isabelle-the-Catholic (1856)
Grand Cross of the Crown of iron (November 1867)

Campaigns and wounds

Campaigns

December 17th 1837 at September 7th 1851: Algeria
December 1851: France
1854: Baltic (Crimean War)
1859 - 1860: Italy
October 7th 1860 at June 19th 1861: Syria
September 24th 1864 at July 6th 1865: Algeria
July 19th 1870 at January 25th 1871: Against Germany
from April 20th to 24th 1871: Interior (against the Common )

Wounds

Shot to the right-hand man on October 29th 1840 (collar of Mouzouia)
Shot to the left thigh on May 16th 1847
surface Wound with the nape of the neck by glare of shell on November 30th 1870 with the battle of Champigny.

Some character traits of the general Ducrot

Result of the board of inquiry concerning the capitulations of Sedan and Paris

The commission named by the National Assembly, pursuant to the voted law on August 8th, 1871, after having examined the documents which were presented to him and to have heard the Minister for the War, ruled as it follows on the position of Mr. the general Ducrot, Auguste, Alexandre, who, after the capitulation of Sedan, exerted a command with the army of Paris
the control of Mr. the Ducrot general does not give place to any observation.
Versailles on September 16th, 1871
The president of the Commission Signed: Changarnier
For extract the secretary C. of Witt.

About a proposal like Large Cross of the Legion of honor

“I am quite grateful with Mister the Marshal and you of this testimony of regard and benevolence. I am very touched by it and my thanks are quite sincere but I had an absolute rule not to accept null honorary distinctions as long as I will not feel to weigh on me the double capitulation of Sedan and of Paris. I made give some Large Crosses to my lieutenants during the Siège of Paris. I always refused it for me. I also refused the Military decoration given by Mister Thiers which had included/understood me in the same decree with Chanzy. I primarily make a point of maintaining this situation. ”

retirement of the general Ducrot

The standpoint of the Ducrot general, as a deputy in the monarchical Question makes that it is allowed in the reserve of the general staff on February 24th ((1882)) whereas the law of March 13rd ((1875)) allowed of its maintenance in unbounded activity of age to have rendered services eminent and by exerting with distinction in front of the enemy the functions of:

Commander-in-chief of an army made up of several army corps (day of September 1st with Sedan) engagements in front of Paris at the time of the battle of Champigny.
Commander-in-chief of an army corps made up of several divisions of various armies (1st army corps of Trawl-nets from August 17th to August 31st, 13th and 14th army corps from September 16th to November 7th, 1870)

It will not profit from this measurement and will be placed in the reserve of the general staff like all the other generals. The general Block, Minister for the War indicates that its opinion was not followed by the Council of Ministers of February 1882

Sources

Files

historical Service of defense: General file Auguste-Alexandre Ducrot (7 Yd 1422)

Its writings

Works of the general Ducrot

the day of Sedan with the 1st army corps of Trawl-net , Paris, Dentu, 1871
Wissembourg , Paris, Dentu, 1873
the defense of Paris (1870-1871 , Paris, Dentu, 1875

Correspondence

Children of the Ducrot general: military life of the Ducrot general according to his correspondence (1839-1871) , Paris, Plon and Nourrit, 1895

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