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Elie Frederic Forey

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FOREY, ELIE FREDERIC (1804-1872), marshal of France, was born at Paris on Jan. 5, 1804, and entered the army from St. Cyr in 1824. He took part in the earlier Algerian cam paigns, and became captain in 1835. At the revolution of 1848 Cavaignac made him a general of brigade. He took an active part in the coup d'etat of Dec. 2, 1851, and Napoleon III. made him a general of division shortly afterwards. He held a superior com mand in the Crimean War, and in the Italian campaign of distinguished himself at Montebello (May 2o). In 1862 Forey commanded the French expeditionary corps in Mexico, with the fullest civil and military powers, and captured Mexico city in May 1863, receiving as his reward the marshal's baton. Marshal Forey retired in 1867, and died at Paris on June 20, 1872.

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