Philipp Toussaint Joseph Bordone
Philipp Toussaint Joseph Bordone (born November 1, 1821 in Avignon , † 1892 ) was a French general.
He was of Italian descent, but French by birth, studied medicine in Montpellier , joined the French navy as a ship surgeon , made the acquaintance of Garibaldi and took part in his 1860 expedition to Sicily , Naples and Greece.
After September 4, 1870, he ordered Garibaldi to offer his services to the French Republic , arrived with the same in Tours on October 8, and, although his military studies and knowledge did not qualify him at all, became General and Chief of the General Staff at the appointed to organize Vosges Army.
He led the campaign with great clumsiness and embittered the French authorities and officers with his brutal arrogance and his own arbitrariness. He was therefore embroiled in several trials after the war, in which it was found that he had previously been guilty of various gross frauds, for the sake of which he had been convicted three times by the court.
He wrote in his defense and in glorifying the deeds of the Garibaldians:
- Garibaldi et l'armée des Vosges. Récit officiel de la campagne (4th ed., Par. 1874) and
- a biography of Garibaldi (that. 1878) among others
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| SURNAME | Bordone, Philipp Toussaint Joseph |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French general |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 1, 1821 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Avignon |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1892 |