Marie François Joseph de Miribel

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Marie François Joseph de Miribel (1831-1893)

Marie François Joseph de Miribel (born September 14, 1831 in Monbonnot (today: Montbonnot-Saint-Martin ), Isère , † September 12, 1893 at his country estate Chatelard, Hauterives , Drôme ) was a French Général de division .

Life

Marie François Joseph de Miribel took over as officer of artillery on the Crimean part and distinguished himself in 1859 at Magenta and Solferino from. In 1862 he was awarded the expeditionary corps of Marshal Forey after Mexico posted. There he took command of the artillery in front of Puebla . In 1865, after the defeat of intervention troops in the Battle of Tacámbaro, Miribel returned to France and in 1868 took over the post of military attaché in Saint Petersburg .

In the Franco-Prussian War of 1870/1871 Miribel took part in the (unsuccessful) skirmishes during the siege of Paris (1870-1871) and then rose to the rank of colonel . In April 1871 he was sent to Cherbourg to organize an artillery park there. He then commanded part of the siege army against the Paris Commune .

After Miribel had taken over the 8th Artillery Regiment and was promoted to Général de division in 1875, he commanded the artillery of the 6th Army Corps from 1875 and was appointed to the head of the French General Staff in 1877 . In January 1879 he resigned from this post and became artillery commander in the 5th Army Corps. In 1880 he received the rank of division general and took over command of the 28th division , but was reappointed to the head of the army general staff in 1881 when the Gambetta cabinet was formed . After the overthrow of the Gambetta cabinet in January 1882, Miribel became a member of the Artillery Commission and in 1888 took command of the 6th French Corps.

On May 6, 1890 Miribel was again Chief of Staff and President of the Committee of Railways and a member of the Supreme War Council ( Conseil supérieur de la guerre ).

Marie Francois Joseph de Miribel died on September 12, 1893 on his country estate Chatelard in Hauterives in the Drôme department.

personal data
SURNAME Miribel, Marie François Joseph de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French general
DATE OF BIRTH September 14, 1831
PLACE OF BIRTH Monbonnot, today: Montbonnot-Saint-Martin, Isère department
DATE OF DEATH September 12, 1893
Place of death Hauterives , Drôme department