Allard, JEAN FRANÇOIS

Allard, JEAN FRANÇOIS, was born in 1785, and in 1815 was adjutant to Marshal Brune (q.v.), after whose assassination he quitted France, intending to emigrate to America. Having changed his plan, he entered the service of Abbas-Mirza of Persia, and in 1820 proceeded to Lahore. There Runjeet Singh made him generalissimo of the Sikh army, which he organised and trained in the European modes of warfare. In 1833 he revisited Paris, where he was received with distinction, and was made French chargé d'affaires in Lahore. Returning next year to Lahore, he repeatedly distinguished himself in the subsequent battles of Runjeet Singh with the Afghans, and died at Peshawar, January 23, 1839.