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

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. 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 colonial troops of the French colonial empire from 1900 until 1961. From 1822 to 1900, these troops wer ...

to which these regiments were then called in the provinces of

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and

Oran Oran () is a major coastal city located in the northwest of Algeria. It is considered the second most important city of Algeria, after the capital, Algiers, because of its population and commercial, industrial and cultural importance. It is w ...

. He was then attached to the

of the Oran division under Generals

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Aimable Pélissier Aimable-Jean-Jacques Pélissier, 1st Duc de Malakoff (6 November 179422 May 1864), was a Marshal of France. He served in Algeria where he became widely known for his cruel conduct and extermination of entire tribes. He also served elsewhere, and a ...

and

Pierre Bosquet Pierre François Joseph Bosquet (8 November 1810 – 5 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 Se ...

Mokrani Revolt

He participated in Algeria in the repression of the

Mokrani revolt The Mokrani Revolt (; ) was the most important local uprising against France in Algeria since the French conquest of Algeria, conquest in 1830. The revolt broke out on March 16, 1871, with the uprising of more than 250 tribes, around a third of ...

from April 1871. He presided over the

Battle of Alma The Battle of the Alma (short for Battle of the Alma River) took place during the Crimean War between an allied expeditionary force (made up of French, British, and Ottoman forces) and Russian forces defending the Crimean Peninsula on 20Septe ...

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 Afte ...

on 19 April 1871, with colonel Alexandre Fourchault, 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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colonel Colonel ( ; abbreviated as Col., Col, or COL) is a senior military Officer (armed forces), officer rank used in many countries. It is also used in some police forces and paramilitary organizations. In the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries, a colon ...

, then was decorated as an officer of the

Legion of Honour The National Order of the Legion of Honour ( ), formerly the Imperial Order of the Legion of Honour (), is the highest and most prestigious French national order of merit, both military and Civil society, civil. Currently consisting of five cl ...

Death

He ended his career on 1887 and his life in

Éteignières Éteignières () is a commune in the Ardennes department in the Grand Est region in northern France. Geography The river Sormonne forms most of the commune's northern border. Population See also * Communes of the Ardennes department Th ...

with the rank of

general A general officer is an Officer (armed forces), officer of high rank in the army, armies, and in some nations' air force, air and space forces, marines or naval infantry. In some usages, the term "general officer" refers to a rank above colone ...

on 20 December 1893.

References

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