Adrien Alexandre Adolphe Carrey de Bellemare
Adrien Alexandre Adolphe de Carrey de Bellemare (born December 14, 1824 in Paris , † September 13, 1905 in Nice ) was a French division general .
Life
origin
Born in Paris as the son of René Augustin de Carrey de Bellemare and Athénaïs Claudine Thérèse Billard, he was adopted as a foster son on April 2, 1830 at the age of five by his mother's new lover, Colonel Adrien Victor Feucheres. After the breakdown of the relationship, the mother had this adoption canceled by a civil court on August 16, 1839, and on March 20, 1867 he was recognized by his father René Augustin as the legal son.
Early military career
He entered the Saint-Cyr military school on April 16, 1841 , was made a lieutenant on April 1, 1843 , and then assigned to a Zouave regiment in Algeria . On June 19, 1845, he received a blow in the fighting there with the nomad tribe of the Ouled el-Act and had to return home. On May 30, 1848 he became Ordonnanzoffizier of General Lamoriciere and participated in June in the fight against the insurrection, whereby he was wounded again on June 23 while cracking down on the barricade of Faubourg Saint-Martin. On June 28, 1848 he was knighted in the Legion of Honor . He was appointed lieutenant on July 28, 1848, assigned to the 48th Infantry Regiment. Promoted to captain on July 5, 1854, he took part in the Baltic Sea operation and the siege of Bomarsund from July 15 under General Baraguey d'Hilliers .
Transferred to the 74th Infantry Regiment on January 31, 1856, he took part in the Crimean War on February 29 and June 19 . His appointment as battalion commander in the 81st Infantry Regiment took place on May 17, 1859. From April 27, he took part in the Italian campaign and first led a battalion in the 98th Infantry Regiment, then the 3rd Regiment of the Guard Corps . On July 2, 1859, he returned to France and was appointed officer of the Legion of Honor on May 12. On July 28, 1862, he went to Mexico with the French expeditionary force . He participated in the siege of Puebla and distinguished himself in the storming of Fort San Xavier. Back in France he was promoted to lieutenant colonel on June 15, 1863 and assigned to the 95th Infantry Regiment on August 13. On August 21, he moved to the 17th regiment as commander and on October 7, 1863 to the 97th Infantry Regiment.
In the war of 1870/71
On August 10, 1868, he was promoted to colonel and, when the Franco-German War broke out, he took command of the 78th Line Regiment that was deployed in the Battle of Fröschweiler . On August 25, 1870, he was appointed Brigadier General and took over the command of the 2nd Brigade of the 4th Division (1st Corps of the Chalons Army). During the Battle of Beaumont , after General Lartigue was wounded, he took command of the 4th Division and, disguised as a farmer, escaped captivity after the Battle of Sedan . Returned to Paris on September 8th, he took over command of the northern fortification front in the Saint-Denis area after the fall of the Empire . For the organization of Fort Briche he was commended by General Ducrot . On October 27 and 28, he led a brigade on the offensive in the Le Bourget area . On November 3, he led a new brigade in the 1st Division of III. Corps with which he led a sortie to the Marne on November 30th at the Battle of Champigny . On December 5, he took over the leadership of the 1st Division of the II Corps and was promoted to Division General on December 8, 1870. On January 19, 1871, during the Battle of Buzenval, he led the middle column with 34,680 men in the Battle of Mont Valérien, while General Vinoy attacked a column against Saint-Cloud and General Ducrot against Malmaison . On February 16, 1871, he was relieved of command against his will and placed in reserve.
post war period
On August 22, 1873 he was briefly assigned to a brigade of the 14th Military Division in Périgueux and was dismissed on October 28. On June 16, 1874, activated again with the rank of brigadier general, on April 13, 1874, he was given command of the 55th Infantry Brigade. On May 14, 1875, he took over the 60th Brigade, on January 12, 1876, the 69th Brigade and on September 19, 1877, the 2nd Brigade. The fall of President Mac-Mahon and the rise of the Republicans to power accelerated his further career. On June 3, 1879, he was appointed commander of the 29th Infantry Division in Nice . On July 8, 1881, he became commander of the Legion of Honor. Between 1879 and 1882 he was Inspector General of the 29th Military Arrondissement. On February 27, 1883 he was Commanding General of the XIII. Corps in Clermont-Ferrand , on February 15, 1885 he took over the V Corps in Orléans and on February 6, 1886 the IX. Corps in Tours . He was appointed a member of the War Council on February 6, 1886, and was appointed Grand Officer of the Legion of Honor on June 24. Because of a special mission abroad he had to take command of the IX on June 28, 1888. Corps and retired on December 14, 1889.
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Carrey de Bellemare, Adrien Alexandre Adolphe |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Carrey de Bellemare, Adrien Alexandre Adolphe de |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French general |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 14, 1824 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 13, 1905 |
| Place of death | Nice |