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Bazaine

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[ba-zen] / baˈzɛn /

noun

  1. François Achille 1811–88, French general and marshal.


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The second half of the 20th century reigns supreme, from Simon Hantaï to Jean-René Bazaine represented by a small abstract gem of 1956.

From New York Times ● Mar. 18, 2011

Later young Bazaine flunked his exams for Paris' Ecole Polytechnique and, after an unsuccessful career as a grocer's boy, enlisted as a private.

From Time Magazine Archive

Two months later Marshal Bazaine, whose faith in a defensive war led him to hole up in the fortress at Metz, surrendered his 180,000 men to the besieging Prussians.

From Time Magazine Archive

Nobody learned the lesson better than Sublieutenant Bazaine, who was wounded, promoted to lieutenant.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Emperor himself was the fitting person to undertake this weighty duty, pending whose arrival Marshal Bazaine was to command the gathering forces.

From The Franco-German War of 1870-71 by Count Helmuth

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