Ardant du Picq
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Charles Jean Jacques Joseph Ardant du Picq (19 October 1821 – 18 August 1870) was a French Army officer and military theorist of the mid-nineteenth century whose writings, as they were later interpreted by other theorists, had a great effect on French military theory and doctrine.
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Charles Jean Jacques Joseph Ardant du Picq | |
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Born | 19 October 1821 Périgueux, France |
Died | 18 August 1870 (1870-08-19) (aged 48) near Metz, France |
Allegiance | France |
Service/ | French Army |
Years of service | 1844–1870 |
Rank | Colonel |
Battles/wars | Crimean War *Siege of Sevastopol 1860 Lebanon conflict Franco-Prussian War *Battle of Mars-la-Tour |
Awards | Officer of the Légion d'honneur a British medal from Queen Victoria Médaille militaire Order of the Ottoman Medjidie, Fourth Class[1] |
Other work | Writer |
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