Chauzy

Chauzy, ANTOINE EUGÈNE ALFRED, French general, born at Nouart (Ardennes), 18th March 1823, entered the artillery as a private, received a commission in the Zouaves in 1841, and served almost uninterruptedly in Africa till 1870. After the revolution of the 4th September the Government of National Defence appointed him a general of division; in December he was placed at the head of the second Army of the Loire, and resisted the invaders inch by inch with a stubborn valour that won the respect of the Germans and the confidence of his countrymen, and which found a fitting close in the great six days' conflict about Le Mans. He was elected to the National Assembly, and narrowly escaped being shot by the Communists in 1871. In 1873-79 he was governor-general of Algeria. Chosen a life senator in 1875, he was put forward for the presidency in 1879. He was ambassador at St Petersburg in 1879-81, and afterwards commanded the 6th army corps at Châlons, where he died suddenly, 4th January 1883. See Chquet, Le Général Chauzy (1884).