Eugène Stoffel
Eugène Georges Henri Céleste Baron von Stoffel (born March 1, 1823 in Arbon , Canton Thurgau , Switzerland , † April 4, 1907 in Paris ) was a French officer and military writer .
Stoffel received his military training at the École polytechnique in Paris, then entered the artillery and was commanded as a military attaché at the French embassy in Berlin in 1866 . Stoffel provided his government with a series of extremely clear reports that represented the excellent organization of the Prussian army and which he later published himself ( Reports militaires écrits de Berlin , Paris 1871). However, his findings were not noted in Paris.
During the Franco-Prussian War of 1870/71, Colonel Stoffel was in August 1870 as chief of intelligence on Marshal Mac-Mahon's general staff . After the capitulation of Sedan he escaped to Paris, where he the French artillery in the battles of the Marne (November 30 and December 2) in command and the end of December, the defense of the Mont-Avron headed.
After he had stepped from active service in 1872, he was charged with embezzlement of dispatches charged but later acquitted. To justify himself , Stoffel wrote the brochure La dépèche du 20 aout 1870 (1874).
Stoffel died in Paris on April 4, 1907.
literature
- Jules Lermina : Dictionnaire universel illustré, biographique et bibliographique, de la France contemporaine , 1912, p. 1315 f. ( digitized )
Web links
- Information on Eugène Stoffel in the database of the Bibliothèque nationale de France .
- Literature by and about Eugène Stoffel in the bibliographic database WorldCat
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Stoffel, Eugène |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Stoffel, Eugène Georges von; Stoffel, Eugène Georges Henri Céleste Baron of |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French officer and military writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 1, 1823 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Arbon , Canton Thurgau , Switzerland |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 4, 1907 |
| Place of death | Paris |