Auguste-Alexandre Ducrot (24 February 1817 – 16 August 1882) was a French general. Ducrot served in the Crimean War , Algeria , the Italian campaign of 1859, and as a division commander in the Franco-Prussian War .
6-414: Ducrot may refer to: Auguste-Alexandre Ducrot (1817-1882), a French general Ducrot SLD , an Italian fighter prototype Oswald Ducrot , (1930-) a French linguist Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Ducrot . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
12-577: A counterattack that failed completely. Emperor Napoleon III , present on the battlefield, then surrendered the army to the Prussians . With de Wimpffen having insisted on command, Ducrot refused to accept responsibility for signing the articles of surrender and was imprisoned by the Prussians. He soon escaped, and took part in the Siege of Paris . Ducrot commanded the most important French attack against
18-636: The Prussian besiegers (the Battle of Villiers , 29 November–3 December 1870). After the defeat of this attack, Ducrot urged the French government to make peace. Cyclist Maarten Ducrot is his great-grandson. [REDACTED] This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Wood, James , ed. (1907). " DUCROT ". The Nuttall Encyclopædia . London and New York: Frederick Warne. This biographical article related to
24-495: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ducrot&oldid=1110335577 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Auguste-Alexandre Ducrot At the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War, Ducrot
30-417: Was obvious that a disastrous defeat was inevitable. Ducrot summed up the situation with the famous remark: « Nous sommes dans un pot de chambre, et nous y serons emmerdés. » ("We are in a chamber pot, and we're going to be shit on.") Ducrot ordered the army to withdraw, but then General de Wimpffen presented a commission authorizing him to succeed MacMahon. Wimpffen overruled Ducrot, and ordered
36-410: Was tasked with overseeing the deployment of French forces due to his familiarity with the terrain near Wissembourg . His unsupported division was surprised and defeated by a large force of Prussians and Bavarians at the Battle of Wissembourg . At the Battle of Sedan on 1 September 1870, he succeeded to command of the French army when Marshal MacMahon was wounded early in the morning. By that time, it
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