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Pierre François Joseph Bosquet (8 November 1810 – 5 February 1861) was a French Army general. He served during the French conquest of Algeria and in the Crimean War of 1853-1856; returning from Crimea he was made a Marshal of France and a Senator. Biography
- 2nd Infantry Division, Army of the Orient, II Corps, Army of the Orient
- General de division
- 1833–1861
Pierre Joseph François Bosquet ( Mont-de-Marsan, 8 de novembro de 1810 – Pau, 5 de fevereiro de 1861) foi um Marechal de França. [ 1] Aluno da École Polytechnique em 1829, figura entre os alunos que participaram na insurreição que expulsou o rei Carlos X em 1830.
- França
- 11 de fevereiro de 1861 (50 anos), Pau
- Escola Politécnica
- 8 de novembro de 1810, Mont-de-Marsan
- Background
- The Charge
- Aftermath
- Evaluation
- Fates of The Survivors
- Remembrance
- Further Reading
- External Links
The charge was made by the Light Brigade of the British cavalry, which consisted of the 4th and 13th Light Dragoons, the 17th Lancers, and the 8th and 11th Hussars, under the command of Major General James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan. Also present that day was the Heavy Brigade, commanded by Major General James Yorke Scarlett, who was a past Co...
The Light Brigade set off down the valley with Cardigan in front, leading the charge on his horse Ronald. Almost at once, Nolan rushed across the front, passing in front of Cardigan. It may be that he realised that the charge was aimed at the wrong target and was attempting to stop or turn the brigade, but he was killed by an artillery shell and th...
The brigade was not completely destroyed, but did suffer terribly, with 118 men killed, 127 wounded, and about 60 taken prisoner. After regrouping, only 195 men were still with horses. The futility of the action and its reckless bravery prompted the French Marshal Pierre Bosquet to state: "C'est magnifique, mais ce n'est pas la guerre." ("It is mag...
The charge continues to be studied by modern military historians and students as an example of what can go wrong when accurate military intelligence is lacking and orders are unclear. Prime Minister Winston Churchill, who was a keen military historian and a former cavalryman, insisted on taking time out during the Yalta Conferencein 1945 to see the...
The fate of the surviving members of the charge was investigated by Edward James Boys, a military historian, who documented their lives from leaving the army to their deaths. His records are described as being the most definitive project of its kind ever undertaken. In October 1875, survivors of the charge met at the Alexandra Palace in Middlesex t...
Poet Laureate Alfred, Lord Tennyson wrote evocatively about the battle in his poem "The Charge of the Light Brigade". Tennyson's poem, written 2 December and published on 9 December 1854, in The Examiner, praises the brigade ("When can their glory fade? O the wild charge they made!") while trenchantly mourning the appalling futility of the charge (...
The Reason Why, Story of the Fatal Charge of the Light Brigade, Cecil Woodham-Smith, Penguin Books, ISBN 0-14-139031-X, first published in 1953 by Constable for the Book SocietyHell Riders: The True Story of the Charge of the Light Brigade, Terry Brighton, Henry Holt and Co, ISBN 0-8050-7722-7, 2004.Forgotten Heroes: The Charge of the Light Brigade, Roy Dutton, InfoDial Ltd., ISBN 0-9556554-0-4, 2007The Charge of the Light Brigade Contemporary eyewitness account from journalist William Howard RussellCharge of the Light Brigade on In Our Time at the BBC- 25 October 1854
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- Russian victory
Pierre Bosquet, né le 8 novembre 1810 à Mont-de-Marsan et mort à Pau le 3 février 1861, est un maréchal de France. Il s'illustre durant la conquête de l'Algérie puis au commandement d'un corps d'armée pendant la guerre de Crimée.
Pierre Bousquet (French pronunciation: [pjɛʁ buskɛ]; November 1919 – 27 August 1991) was a French journalist and far-right politician. A former section leader (Rottenführer) in the Waffen-SS Charlemagne Division, Bousquet was the first treasurer and a founding member of the National Front in 1972.
- 27 August 1991 (aged 71), France
- Journalist
General Pierre Bosquet (1810-61) was a highly successful divisional commander in the French army throughout the Crimean campaign. His skill and experience made him a popular figure with the troops. He also had a poetic turn of phrase, the most famous of which, in response to the Charge of the Light Brigade, was ‘C’est magnifique, mais ce n ...
The charge was tactically a disaster, but in the eyes of the Russians the British cavalry appeared to know no fear. The action was summed up by the French commander General Pierre Bosquet who remarked, ‘C’est magnifique, mais ce n’est pas la guerre; c’est de la folie’ [It’s magnificent, but it’s not war; it’s madness’].
