Cazeneuve
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- For the French commune, see Cazeneuve, Gers.
Cazeneuve was a French non-commissioned officer, a corporal and horse trainer of the Guard of Emperor Napoleon III. He was a member of the first French Military Mission to Japan in 1867, in which he accompanied Jules Brunet. He worked as an instructor for cavalry in the army of the Shogun, and was the first man to introduce arabian horses in Japan.
With the advent of the Boshin War, and the declaration of neutrality of foreign powers, Cazeneuve chose to resign from the French Army and continue the fight on the side of the Bakufu.
He participated to the Battle of Hakodate, in which he was head of one of the four Japanese regiments. He was severely wounded in the battle, but was brought back to Yokohama at the end of the conflict and transported to France.
