1. Hippolyte Mircher was a French soldier, Arabist and topographer who served for many years in Algeria and then Egypt during the construction of the Suez Canal.
27 Facts About Hippolyte Mircher
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Hippolyte Mircher is known for a mission to the Tuaregs he undertook in 1862.
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Hippolyte Etienne Alphonse Mircher was born on 13 August 1820 in Strasbourg, Alsace.
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Hippolyte Mircher's parents were Guillaume Mircher and Catherine Victoire Devaux.
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Hippolyte Mircher's father had been a junior officer in the Napoleonic armies and had little money.
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Hippolyte Mircher volunteered for the army at the age of 18 and was made a sergeant.
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Hippolyte Mircher passed the competition at the Ecole speciale militaire de Saint-Cyr.
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Hippolyte Mircher attended the staff college and graduated in 1842 first in his class out of 241 students.
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Hippolyte Mircher was named Lieutenant in 1845 and Captain in 1847.
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Hippolyte Mircher was posted to Algeria in 1852 and assigned to the governor general.
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Hippolyte Mircher worked in the topographic office and studied the Arabic civilization and language.
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Hippolyte Mircher had a daughter, Marie Noelie, born in 1854 to Marguerite Victorine Gady.
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Hippolyte Mircher distinguished himself at the Battle of Alma.
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Hippolyte Mircher was made a Knight of the Legion of Honor after the Battle of Inkerman.
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Hippolyte Mircher served in Kinburn when that city was occupied by the French.
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Hippolyte Mircher was awarded the Turkish Order of the Medjidie.
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Hippolyte Mircher returned to Paris, where he wrote a report on Anatolia.
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Hippolyte Mircher returned to Algeria and served in the topographical brigade and in an expedition as aide-de-camp of General Edouard-Jean-Etienne Deligny.
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Hippolyte Mircher was then promoted to Chef d'Escadrons.
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Hippolyte Mircher served on the staff of General Edmond-Charles de Martimprey during the Italian campaign.
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Hippolyte Mircher returned to Algeria and served in the campaign against the Beni Snassem.
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Hippolyte Mircher undertook this mission between September and December 1862, travelling from Tripoli to Ghadames and then returning to Philippeville in Algeria.
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Hippolyte Mircher was head of the military mission in Egypt from 7 May 1864 to 17 August 1870 during construction of the Suez Canal.
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Hippolyte Mircher led a team of advisers to Isma'il Pasha, who was to pay their salaries but was to consult with the consul-general Maxime Outrey on their assignments.
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Hippolyte Mircher was chief of staff of an infantry division in the 12th army corps during the Franco-Prussian War and fought in the Battle of Sedan.
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Hippolyte Mircher was taken prisoner at Sedan and held captive in Dresden.
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Hippolyte Mircher retired as a Bridadier General in command of an infantry brigade in 1875.