Bazaine, François Achille

Date of birth:: February 13th, 1811 (Versailles, France)
Date of death:: September 23rd, 1888 (Madrid, Spain)
Nationality:: French

Biography

1830: missed the École polytechnique
March 28th,1831: joined the 37e Régiment d'Infanterie de Ligne as soldier
July 8th,1931: promoted to caporal
January 13th,1832: promoted to caporal fourrier
July 1832: promoted to sergent fourrier
August 1832: joined the Légion Etrangère
November 04th,1932: promoted to sergent-major
November 02nd,1833: promoted to sous-lieutenant
1834: master, French freemasonry
July 22nd,1835: WIA during the Battle of the River Macta, Algeria
July 1835: promoted to lieutenant
1835: capitaine, commandant, compagnie de voltigeurs, Spanish Army - battle of Ponts, Lleida
1836: battle of Larminar
1837: battle of Huesca, WIA at the battle of Barbastro
1838: lieutenant, 4e Régiment d'Infanterie Légère, France
October 20th,1839: promoted to capitaine, Légion Etrangère, Algeria
1840: 8e Bataillon de Chasseurs à Pied - expeditions in Miliana, Kabylia, Marocco
March 10th,1844: promoted to chef de bataillon, chef, bureau arabe, 58e Régiment d'Infanterie de Ligne, Tlemcen - Battle of Sidi Kafir, Algeria
March 24th,1846: Battle of Sidi Afis, Algeria
1847:chef, bureau arabe, 5e Régiment d'Infanterie de Ligne
December 1847: Battle of Afir
April 11th,1848: promoted to lieutenant-colonel, 19e Régiment d'Infanterie Légère
August 30th,1848: commandant supérieur de la place de Tlemcen, 5e Régiment d'Infanterie de Ligne, Tlemcen, Algeria
June 04th,1850: promoted to colonel, commadant, 55e Régiment d'Infanterie de Ligne and directeur, affaires arabes, division d'Oran
February 04th,1851: chef, 1er Régiment Etranger, Légion étrangère
March 1851: commandant, subdivision, Sidi bel-Abès
October 28th,1854: promoted to maréchal de camp / général de brigade, commandant, Légion Etrangère, Armée d'Orient
September 10th,1855: commandant militaire de Sébastopol
September 22nd,1855: promoted to général de division
September 1855: WIA at the Battle in the Baye of La Quarantaine, Sébastopol
October 1855: captured the fortress of Kinbourn, Ukraine, Dniepr
1855: inspecteur de l'infanterie, France
1856: commandant, 19e Division Militaire, Bourges
1859: commandant, 3e Division d'Infanterie, 1er Corps "Baraguey d'Hilliers" - campaign in Italy
June 08th,1859: battle of Melegnano, Italy
June 24th,1859: battle of Solférino, Italy
1859: inspecteur général, 4e then 5e arrondissement de l'infanterie, France
July 01st,1862: commandant, 1re Division d'Infanterie, corps expéditionnaire, Mexico
1863: captured Puebla, chef, corps expéditionnaire au Mexique
July 1863: battle of San Lorenzo, Mexico
September 05th,1964: Maréchal de France, sénateur
February 1865: siege of Oaxaca de Juàrez, Mexico
November 12th,1867: commandant, 3e corps d'armée, Nancy, France
1868: commandant, camp de Châlons, France
October 1869: commandant, Garde Impériale, Paris
August 12th,1870: commandant en chef de l'armée du Rhin
August 16th,1870: battle of Mars-la-Tour, Metz, France
August 18th,1870: battle of Saint Privat, Amanvillers, Gravelotte, Metz, France
October 28th,1870: surrendered at Metz
August 1873: sentenced to 20 years of prison for betrayal and imprisoned
at Fort royal, Sainte-Marguerite Island, off Cannes, France
August 10th,1873: escaped and fled to Madrid, Spain

Awarded:
-médaille commémorative de la campagne de Crimée 1855
-médaille commémorative de la campagne d'Italie 1859
-médaille commémorative de la campagne
-10 citations for action for France
-4 citations for action for Spain