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  Jacques Leroy de Saint Arnaud - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Armand-Jacques Leroy de Saint Arnaud (August 20, 1801-September 29, 1854), French soldier, served as a Marshal of France.
In 1848 Saint Arnaud commanded a brigade during the revolution in Paris.
The town of St. Arnaud (Saint Arnaud, Victoria Australia) was named after Jaques and has a commemorative statue of him in the towns botanical gardens on Napier Street.
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 JACQUES LEROY DE SAINT ARNAUD - LoveToKnow Article on JACQUES LEROY DE SAINT ARNAUD   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
SAINT ARNAUD, JACQUES LEROY DE (1801-1854), marshal of France, was born at Paris on the 20th of August 18o1.
In the centre of the city is the Plaza de Ia Constitucion, in which are an obelisk erected in 1813 to commemorate the Spanish Liberal Constitution of 1812, and a monument (1872) to citizens who died in the Confederate Army.
The due de Longueville in Picardy, Chabot-Charny (son of Admiral Chabot) at Dijon, the comte de Matignon (I 5251597) in Normandy, and other provincial governors, refused to authorize the massacres.
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 Kids.net.au - Encyclopedia Jacques Leroy de Saint Arnaud -   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Jacques Leroy de Saint Arnaud (August 20, 1801 - September 29, 1854), marshal of France, was born at Paris.
He entered the army in 1817, and after ten years of garrison service, which he varied by gambling and wild courses, he still held only the lowest commissioned grade.
In 1848 he was placed at the head of a brigade during the revolution in Paris.
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 JACQUES DALBON, SEIGNEUR DE SAINT ANDRE - LoveToKnow Article on JACQUES DALBON, SEIGNEUR DE SAINT ANDRE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
In 1557 he was taken prisoner at the battle of Saint Quentin, but was released the following year, and took part in negotiating the peace of Cateau-Cambrsis.
he formed in 1561 with the constable de Montmorency and Francis, duke of Guise, an alliance known as the triumvirate against the Protestants and the queen-mother.
St Andrews is said to have been made a bishopric in the 9th century, and when the Pictish and Scottish churches were united in 908, the primacy was transferred to it from Dunkeld, its bishops being thereafter known as bishops of Alban.
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 Jacques Leroy de Saint Arnaud   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Armand-Jacques Leroy de Saint Arnaud (August 20, 1801 - September 29, 1854), French soldier, served as a Marshal of France (Marshal of France: the marshal of france (maréchal de france) was one of the great officers of the crown...
He succeeded Marshal Magnan as minister of war and superintended the military operations of the coup d'état of December 2, 1851, which placed Louis Napoleon on the throne as Napoleon III (Napoleon III: Nephew of Napoleon I and emperor of the French from 1852 to 1871 (1808-1873)).
The St Arnaud Range and the nearby locality of St Arnaud (St Arnaud: more facts about this subject) in New Zealand (New Zealand: An independent country within the British Commonwealth; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1907; known for sheep and spectacular scenery) both derive their name from him.
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 Wikipedia: Marshal of France
The title of Marshal of France (Maréchal de France) was created by Philippe Auguste for Albéric Clément (circa 1190).
Armand Jacques Leroy de Saint-Arnaud (1801-1854) - December 2 1852
Jean-Marie de Lattre de Tassigny (1889-1952) - 1952 (posthumous)
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 Leroy articles on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Saint-Arnaud, Armand Jacques Leroy de SAINT-ARNAUD, ARMAND JACQUES LEROY DE [Saint-Arnaud, Armand Jacques Leroy de], 1798?-1854, marshal of France.
After serving in the French Foreign Legion in Algeria from 1837, he was one of the generals summoned from Africa by Louis Napoleon (later Napoleon III) to support his coup of Dec., 1851.
Gingrich, Newt GINGRICH, NEWT [Gingrich, Newt] (Newton Leroy Gingrich), 1943-, U.S. congressman, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives (1995-98), b.
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 Science Fair Projects - Saint Arnaud
Saint Arnaud, a town in the state of Victoria, Australia
Saint Arnaud, a town on New Zealand's South Island
The above localities are named after French marshal Jacques Leroy de Saint Arnaud.
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 Saint Arnaud, Victoria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Saint Arnaud (36°36′S 143°15′E) is a town in Victoria, Australia, on the Sunraysia Highway.
It is named after French marshal Jacques Leroy de Saint Arnaud.
This page was last modified 05:49, 5 March 2006.
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 Jacques Leroy de Saint Arnaud: biography and encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
in which Saint Arnaud showed his prowess as a commander-in-chief and provided his superiors with the pretext for bringing him home as a general of division (July 1851).
A year later he became a Marshal of France (The marshal of france (maréchal de france) was one of the great officers of the crown of france....)
The St Arnaud Range and the nearby locality of St Arnaud in New Zealand (An independent country within the British Commonwealth; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1907; known for sheep and spectacular scenery)
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Subsequently, Boulanger was among the Third Republic military leaders who crushed the Paris Commune in April-May 1871, and was wounded as he led to siege of the Panthéon, and was promoted commandeur of the Légion d'honneur by Patrice Mac-Mahon.
In 1884 he was appointed to command the army occupying Tunis, but was recalled owing to his differences of opinion with Pierre-Paul Cambon, the political resident.
A minor scandal arose when Philippe, Comte de Paris, the nominal inheritor of the French throne in the eyes of Orléanist monarchists, married his daughter Amélie to Portugal's Carlos I, a lavish wedding that provoked fears of anti-Republican ambitions.
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 September 20 Encyclopedia Article @ VariedTastes.com (Varied Tastes)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
1519 - Ferdinand Magellan - set sail from Sanlúcar de Barrameda with about 270 men on his expedition to circumnavigate the globe.
1596 - Diego de Montemayor founded the city of Monterrey in New Spain.
In ancient Greece, the seventh day of the Eleusinian Mysteries, when the secret rites in the Telesterion began.
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• Luxembourg, FranCois Henri de Montmorency-Bouteville, duc de
• Montmorency, Henri, duc de, the elder, 1534¢#150;1614, constable of France
• Montmorency, Henri, duc de, the younger, 1595¢#150;1632, admiral and marshal of France
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 Saint-Florentin (Municipality, Yonne, France)
The municipality of Saint-Florentin (5,846 inhabitants; 2,800 ha) is located on the border of Burgundy and Champagne (administratively in Region Bourgogne but historically in the County of Champagne), on the road from Auxerre (Burgundy) to Troyes (Champagne) and on the rivers Armance and Armançon and the canal of Burgundy.
The city is named after saint Florentin, martyrized with his disciple Hilaire by Crocus, King of the Vandals, in 406.
Under Louis XV, it became a County, whose most famous lord was Louis Phélypeaux (1705-1777), who succeeded his father, Marquis de la Vrillière, as the Minister of the General Affairs of the Reformed Religion of Louis XV in 1725.
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 SAINT ANDRE, JACQUES - Online Information article about SAINT ANDRE, JACQUES   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
patron saint of Kennoway, established a Culdee monastery here in the 6th century.
day, and the name of the spot was changed to St Andrews, the saint soon afterwards (747) becoming the patron-saint of Scotland (but see ANDREW, ST).
St Andrews is said to have been made a bishopric in the 9th century, and when the Pictish and Scottish churches were united in 908, the primacy was transferred to it from See also:
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 L'EFFERVESCENT MARECHAL DE SAINT-ARNAUD. Algerie - DINFREVILLE, JACQUES   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
He arrived in Algeria in early 1837 as lieutenant in French Foreign Legion (he served in FFL until June 1840) and left the country as Major General in 1851.
General Jacques Allard, born in 1903, studied at Saint Cyr Military Academy.
After de Lattre's death in January 1952, he remained Chief of Staff of the further French Commanders-in-chief in Indochina.
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 AllRefer.com - Armand Jacques Leroy de Saint-Arnaud (French History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
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Armand Jacques Leroy de Saint-Arnaud, French History, Biographies
Armand Jacques Leroy de Saint-Arnaud[ArmAN´ zhAk lurwA´ du saNtArnO´] Pronunciation Key, 1798?–1854, marshal of France.
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The title of Marshal of France (Maréchal de France) was derived from the office of marescallus Franciae created by Philippe Auguste for Albéric Clément (circa 1190).
The last Marshal of France was Jean de Lattre de Tassigny.
François Henri de Montmorency-Bouteville, duc de Luxembourg (1628-1695) - 1675
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 LE MARECHAL DE SAINT-ARNAUD d'apres sa correspondance - QUATRELLES L'EPINE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
LE MARECHAL DE SAINT-ARNAUD d'apres sa correspondance et des documents inedits; Paris, Plon, 1928-29: FIRST EDITIONs, 2 Vols., softcovers, 8vo, [ix].
Conquete de l'Algerie" (1798-1850); Vol 2: "le Coup d'Etat.
Armand - Jacques Leroy de Saint-Arnaud served in the French Army from 1817 to 1827, then left it for fighting in Greece.
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 Crimean War -   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The note met with the approval of Nicholas I; it was, however, rejected by Abd-ul-Mejid I, who felt that the document's poor phrasing left it open to many different interpretations.
The United Kingdom, France and Austria were united in proposing amendments to mollify the Sultan, but their suggestions were ignored in the Court of Saint Petersburg.
The United Kingdom and France set aside the idea of continuing negotiations, but Austria and Prussia did not believe that the rejection of the proposed amendments justified the abandonment of the diplomatic process.
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 Saint-Pierre and Miquelon (France)
The 1860-1890 was the golden age of the archipelago, with the buildings of roads, lighthouses, the post office (1854), and the Banque des Iles (1889) and the release of an official gazette (Feuille Officielle).
During the Second World War, several fishers from the archipelago enlisted in the Forces Navales Françaises Libres, in spite of the opposition of Governor de Cournette.
Three square fields placed along the hoist recall the origin of most inhabitants of the islands, from top to bottom, Basques, Breton and Normans.
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SAINT-ARNAUD, ARMAND JACQUES LEROY DE [Saint-Arnaud, Armand Jacques Leroy de], 1798?-1854, marshal of France.
He commanded the French troops in the Crimean War and won the victory of the Alma shortly before he died of cholera.
Author not available, SAINT-ARNAUD, ARMAND JACQUES LEROY DE.
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 September 29 Encyclopedia Article @ TeleBelly.com (Tele Belly)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
1992 - Brazilian President Fernando Collor de Mello resigns.
1703 - Charles de Saint-Évremond, French soldier (b.
1908 - Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis, Brazilian writer (b.
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 leroy - OneLook Dictionary Search
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 SAINT ARNAUD, JACQUES ... - Online Information article about SAINT ARNAUD, JACQUES ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Napoleon considered him suitable to be the military head of a coup d'etat, an expedition was made into Little Kabylia, in which St Arnaud showed his prowess as a See also:
See Lettres du Marechal de Saint Arnaud (Paris, 1855; 2nd edition with memoir by Sainte-Beuve, 1858).
In the centre of the city is the Plaza de la Constitucion, in which are an See also:
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 The War in Crimea (1853-1856)
The only officers with some fighting experience were those people, who had fought in India during the colonial wars that, in comparison to what was happening in Crimea, had been simple skirmishes.
The two supreme commanders of the Anglo-French forces were Fitzroy James Henry Somerset and Jacques Leroy de Saint-Arnaud.
The former one, an 64 years old English, was a brave soldier, who had fought during the wars against Napoleon and had stopped to that period for what it concerned tactic and strategy.
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 Battle of Balaclava -   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Combatants
United Kingdom, FranceTsarist Russia
Commanders
Lord Raglan, General de Saint ArnaudPavel Liprandi
Strength
Approx.
Lieutenant General the Earl of Raglan commanded the British Army and General Jacques Leroy de Saint Arnaud commanded the French Army.
Prince Aleksandr Sergeyevich Menshikov commanded the Russian Army, while the Russian assault on Balaclava was commanded by General Pavel Liprandi, Menshikov's second in command.
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