Justin Clinchant

Justin Clinchant

Justin Clinchant (born December 24, 1820 in Thiaucourt ( Département Meurthe ), † March 20, 1881 in Paris ) was a French Général de division .

Clinchant attended the school of St. Cyr, entered an infantry regiment as a sous-lieutenant in 1841 , became a commandant in 1855 , after the battle of Solferino lieutenant-colonel , and in 1862 a colonel , distinguished himself in Mexico and was given command of a brigade in Paris in 1866 . In 1870 he commanded a brigade in the 3rd Corps in the Rhine Army, participated in the battles of Metz and during the surrender he managed to escape. He then made himself available to the Paris government, received the command of the 20th Army Corps with the rank of Général de division in the organization of the Bourbak Army in the East and attended the battle at Villersexel (January 9 and 10, 1871) and the three-day battle the Lisaine (January 15-17 , 1871). When Charles Denis Bourbaki resigned supreme command of the Eastern Army on Jan. 26 after attempting suicide, Clinchant took him over and, when he found the further path blocked in Pontarlier and Manteuffel demanded the unconditional arms extension, with the Swiss General Herzog on February 1 a convention according to which he entered the soil of Switzerland with the 87,000-strong army. After signing the Versailles Preliminaries , he returned to France, was appointed commander of the 5th Corps in Mac Mahon's army, and entered Paris with his troops on May 23. When the army was reorganized in 1873, he was given command of the 1st Army Corps with its headquarters in Lille; In 1879 he was transferred to Bourges and in 1880, since he was favored by Gambetta as an avid republican , he was appointed military governor of Paris .

Justin Clinchant died on March 20, 1881.