Orphis Léon Lallemand (27 September 181720 December 1893) was a French officer.

Career

Conquest of Algeria

He arrived in

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in May 1842 as a

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to serve in

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during the

French conquest of Algeria The French invasion of Algeria (; ) took place between 1830 and 1903. In 1827, an argument between Hussein Dey, the ruler of the Deylik of Algiers, and the French consul escalated into a blockade, following which the July Monarchy of France inva ...

. He served successively with the ''53rd infantry regiment'', the ''9th regiment of hunters on horseback'' and the ''4th African Hunter Regiment'', from 1842 to 1846. He took part in the expeditions of the

Troupes coloniales The ''Troupes coloniales'' ("Colonial Troops") or ''Armée coloniale'' ("Colonial Army"), commonly called ''La Coloniale'', were the military forces of the French colonial empire from 1900 until 1961. From 1822 to 1900 these troops were de ...

to which these regiments were then called in the provinces of

Algiers Algiers ( ; ar, الجزائر, al-Jazāʾir; ber, Dzayer, script=Latn; french: Alger, ) is the capital and largest city of Algeria. The city's population at the 2008 Census was 2,988,145Census 14 April 2008: Office National des Statistiques ...

and

Oran Oran ( ar, وَهران, Wahrān) is a major coastal city located in the north-west of Algeria. It is considered the second most important city of Algeria after the capital Algiers, due to its population and commercial, industrial, and cultural ...

. He was then attached to the

of the Oran division under Generals

Louis Juchault de Lamoricière Christophe Léon Louis Juchault de Lamoricière (5 September 1806 – 11 September 1865) was a French general. Early life Juchault de Lamoricière was born in Nantes. He studied at the École Polytechnique and the École d'Application. Servic ...

Aimable Pélissier Aimable-Jean-Jacques Pélissier, 1st Duc de Malakoff (6 November 179422 May 1864), was a Marshal of France. He served in Algeria and elsewhere, and as a general commanded the French forces in the Crimean War. Biography Pélissier was born at Ma ...

and

Pierre Bosquet Pierre François Joseph Bosquet (8 November 18105 February 1861) was a French Army general. He served during the French conquest of Algeria and in the Crimean War of 1853-1856; returning from Crimea he was made a Marshal of France and a Senator ...

Mokrani Revolt

He participated in Algeria in the repression of the

Mokrani revolt The Mokrani Revolt ( ar, مقاومة الشيخ المقراني, lit=Resistance of Cheikh El-Mokrani; ber, Unfaq urrumi, lit=French insurrection) was the most important local uprising against France in Algeria since the French conquest of Alger ...

from April 1871. He presided over the

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and

Battle of the Col des Beni Aïcha The Battle of the Col des Beni Aïcha or Battle of Thenia, which broke out on 19 April 1871, was a battle of the Mokrani Revolt between the Algerian rebels, and the France, which was the colonial power in the region since 1830. Presentation After ...

on 19 April 1871, with colonel

Alexandre Fourchault Alexandre Édouard Constant Fourchault (19 August 181710 April 1884) was a French officer. Studies He studied at the ''Lycée Benjamin-Franklin d'Orléans'' with several senior officers of the French Army and French politicians. He was trained mi ...

, through which he countered the Algerian rebels.

Return to France

On his return to France, General Lallemand was invested with the command of the 15th military division. He was placed on leave of absence at the end of 1887.

Awards

He was appointed as a general of division on 24 November 1870. At the age of 42, he was already a

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, then was decorated as an officer of the

Legion of Honour The National Order of the Legion of Honour (french: Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur), formerly the Royal Order of the Legion of Honour ('), is the highest French order of merit, both military and civil. Established in 1802 by Napoleon, ...

Death

He ended his career on 1887 and his life in Éteignières with the rank of

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on 20 December 1893.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lallemand, Orphis Leon 1817 births 1893 deaths People from Ardennes (department) French Army officers Mokrani Revolt Officers of the Legion of Honour