TROOHU.

Auckland Star, Volume I, Issue 244, 20 October 1870, Page 2

TROOHU.

General Jules Trodfriif^wftb. has'been^for some time military '6o'uam^i!ide.rI 'i6f'Prti'i¥jVis fyow at the liea'd'of militaJ'j'i/ffairs^SiridJnay be<?oitae: tli'e'he'a'd 'of'ithe "hew' G/pverrrafent: ■He has the confldenceof the'Bepriblicahßcand moderates, and has long been regavile\l oiitiio'es of imperial!'tircles as the ablest military mind in France. Hs is onlj 55 years of age;:a'iid in the fall -yigoi'iof-':hiß''in'enfe«l 'aiid; physical facilities. "We repeat the leadihg'^facts joMiis former career as published a; short time siriee^ "He was a -Lieut. I^lß4o^ Capt. !in •idb&j' -then .staff' Officer with''Marshal -Bugeaiid' in Algeria, Major in 1846j Lieutenaiit 'Colonel, in 1853,' General oi? BrigMe-itt-1854, ahd-Genei-al of Division in 1864. In-"the 'Crimea he served- aa Chief of tho'Ge'neivir^St'aff, 'titi'd 'is1 credited by" tonglake, !the 'h'istbrianj;i as'6he master mind of the' French, army- in-thafi war. In 1866 he was charged with -the preparation of a- (plan ito .reorganize; the Erench • 'ai*my,".tlio J£raporor discerning through the smoke of Sadowa. that a ■riew:imilitary ; era. had.setjinj: and in 1866 issued-the reeulfc of his labour ;in a fawous essay ..tUat has,. uun,'l tblrough;«tea

editions. Since the issue of his pamnhl f I'Armee Francaise, his chief study has been tl Rhine border, the imminence dl'a >r at -f^ Prussia being ever before him." After the French defeat at Hagfcnau »v, Marshal Bazaine was made Command^, "^ Chief of the armies in the field, Q 6n '^ Trochu was appointed Major-Qeneral of tl army, vice - Lcboeuf, the Emperor's fayor't 9 who proved a signal failure. He has gin6> been the chief administrative officer of tl° French military affairs, has displayed great energy and skill in preparing Paris for defence and has, been ; able to repress disorder and iu3urreetioii without, an appeal to force a reeorb which he.-openly deprecated in worcfe which bespoke equal wisdom and tact.