Charles-Louis Du Pin was a French military man. He participated in the Second French intervention in Mexico, where he reorganized the local militia.
Photos 8
Map of the Algerian desert drawn by Du Pin
Captain Du Pin saves Lieutenant Colonel Morris from certain death, in Horace Vernet's painting The Battle of the Samala
The taking of the forts of Peiho on August 21, 1860
The looting of the old summer palace by Franco-British troops in 1860 during the Second Opium War.
Colonel Charles Du Pin, commander of the contra-guérillas
The counter-guerrilla warfare - the Veracruz expedition of 1864
French counter-guerrillas in Mexico 1865-1867Awards 3
Connected to Charles-Louis 5
Benjamin JaurèsAlso won Commemorative medal of the 1860 China Expedition
Jean-Baptiste CampenonAlso won Commemorative medal of the 1860 China Expedition
Francis GarnierAlso won Commemorative medal of the 1860 China Expedition
Édouard Fernand JamontAlso won Commemorative medal of the 1860 China Expedition
Léonce DétroyatAlso won Commemorative medal of the 1860 China ExpeditionAbout this person
Country
FranceType
Other
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1814 to 1868 · aged 53
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5 languages
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