Orphis Léon Lallemand

Orphis Léon Lallemand (27 September 1817 – 20 December 1893) was a French officer.[1]

Orphis Léon Lallemand
Birth nameOrphis Léon Lallemand
Born27 September 1817
Éteignières, France
Died20 December 1893 (aged 84)
Éteignières, France
AllegianceFrance
BranchFrench Army
Years of service1837-1887
RankGeneral
Battles/warsMokrani Revolt
AwardsLegion of Honour

Career

Conquest of Algeria

He arrived in Algeria in May 1842 as a lieutenant of General staff to serve in North Africa during the French conquest of Algeria.[2][3]

He served successively with the 53rd infantry regiment, the 9th regiment of hunters on horseback and the 4th African Hunter Regiment, from 1842 to 1846.[4][5]

He took part in the expeditions of the Troupes coloniales to which these regiments were then called in the provinces of Algiers and Oran.[6]

He was then attached to the General staff of the Oran division under Generals Louis Juchault de Lamoricière, Aimable Pélissier and Pierre Bosquet.[7]

Mokrani Revolt

He participated in Algeria in the repression of the Mokrani revolt from April 1871.[8][9]

He presided over the Battle of Alma and Battle of the Col des Beni Aïcha on 19 April 1871, with colonel Alexandre Fourchault, through which he countered the Algerian rebels.[10][11]

Return to France

On his return to France, General Lallemand was invested with the command of the 15th military division.

He was placed on leave of absence at the end of 1887.[12]

Awards

He was appointed as a general of division on 24 November 1870.[13]

At the age of 42, he was already a general staff colonel, then was decorated as an officer of the Legion of Honour.

Death

He ended his career on 1887 and his life in Éteignières with the rank of general on 20 December 1893.[14]

References
  1. Faucon, Narcisse (1890). "Le livre d'or de l'Algérie: Histoire politique, militaire, administrative; événements et faits principaux; biographie des hommes ayant marqué dans l'armée, les sciences, les lettres, etc., de 1830 à 1889".
  2. "Revue africaine". 1892.
  3. Rinn, Louis (1891). "Histoire de l'insurrection de 1871 en Algérie".
  4. Laurent, Paul (1896). "Revue historique ardennaise".
  5. Crescenzo, Jean de (2005). Chroniques Tizi-ouziennes. ISBN 9782952584104.
  6. "Annales de l'Assemblée nationale: Compte rendu in extenso des séances". 1875.
  7. Spitz, Joseph (1898). "Histoire du 2e régiment de zouaves, rédigée d'apres des documents inédits puisés aux archives historiques du Ministère de la guerre: Ouvrage accompagné de douze photogravures et de huit cartes et orné d'un dessin de Édouard Detaille".
  8. Faucon, Narcisse (1890). "Le livre d'or de l'Algérie: Histoire politique, militaire, administrative; événements et faits principaux; biographie des hommes ayant marqué dans l'armée, les sciences, les lettres, etc., de 1830 à 1889".
  9. Dominique, L. C. (1909). "Un gouverneur général de l'Algérie: l'Amiral de Gueydon".
  10. "Le livre d'Or des Tirailleurs indigènes de la province d'Alger: Devenus 1er régiment de Tirailleurs Algériens, (1866-1878)". 1879.
  11. Crescenzo, Jean de (2005). Chroniques Tizi-ouziennes. ISBN 9782952584104.
  12. "Les Arabes Martyrs. Étude sur l'insurrection de 1871 en Algérie". 1873.
  13. Alcide Georgel, J. (1882). "Armorial historique et généalogique des familles de Lorraine titrées ou confirmées dans leurs titres au XIXe siècle renfermant les titres impériaux et royaux, les pairs héréditaires, les majorats ainsi que les généraux, les préfets et les évêques qui commandèrent ou administrèrent cette province".
  14. Laurent, Paul (1897). "Revue historique ardennaise".

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