OBITUARY.
THE MARQUIS DE GALLIEET. (By Tclcifraph.-Prcßß (Rcci. July 10, 1 ajn.) ■ ) Paris, July 9. Tho death ib announced of tiho Marginal G-aston do Gallifcfc, French Gcporal and former Minister for War:'aged 89. > [The' Marquis.' de' Gallifei mu'faon'al tub on January 22, 1830J Ho served in ttto-Cii. 'mea. Mexico, and Algeria, and In the Franco^ 1 German. war. . He : was taken prisoner at' 8& dan, and, on. his release ho wm placed in com- > mand of a brigade', oi the ;Atmy of Versailles during tlio second siege of Paris, when he \ was distinguished for Iris severity to the Com- / munard prisoners. Ho hold various army com" mands till his' retirement in ■ 1894. Ha drew' up the cavalry regulations of • 1882.. lie was* Minister for War from June, 1839, to 1300.] w 1
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 556, 10 July 1909, Page 5
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132OBITUARY. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 556, 10 July 1909, Page 5
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