CISSEY, ERNEST LOUIS OCTAVE COURTOT DE (1810-1882), French general, was born at Paris on Sept. 23, 181o, and after passing through St. Cyr, entered the army in 1832. He served in Algeria and in the Crimean War, and became general of division in 1862. When the Franco-German War broke out in 187o, de Cissey was given a divisional command in the army of the Rhine, and he was included in the surrender of Bazaine's army at Metz. He held a command in the army engaged in the suppression of the Commune. From July 1871 de Cissey sat as a deputy, and he had already become minister of war. He oc cupied this post several times during the critical period of the reorganization of the French army. In 188o he was accused of treasonable relations with a German agent, but was exonerated by a court of inquiry. He died on June 15, 1882 in Paris.