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The 15 members of the French military mission sent to Japan by Napoleon III.

1866 photograph originally published in Le Monde Illustré that year.


In no particular order, they were [1]:

  • Charles Albert Dubousquet, lieutenant
  • Edouard Messelot, lieutenant
  • Léon Descharmes, lieutenant
  • Jules Brunet, lieutenant
  • Jean Marlin, sergeant
  • François Bouffier, sergeant
  • Henry Ygrec, sergeant
  • Emile Peyrussel, sergeant
  • Arthur Fortant, sergeant
  • L. Gutthig, trumpeter
  • Charles Bonnet, chef armurier
  • Barthélémy Izard, sergeant
  • Frédéric Valette, sergeant
  • Jean-Félix Mermet, brigadier
  • Jourdan, captain, engineer
  • Michel, sergeant, engineer

Jules Brunet is seated in front, second from right (1866).


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