Jean-Louis Borel

Jean-Louis Borel (3 April 1819 Fanjeaux - 20 February 1884 Versailles) was a French general, aide de camp, and politician.

He graduated from Saint-Cyr. He was aide de camp to MacMahon, in Algeria, the Crimean War. He was chief of staff to the National Guard. He was commander of the Army of the Loire.[1]

References

  1. ^ "Gen. Jean Louis Borel" (PDF). The New York Times. February 24, 1884. http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9C03E2DE113BE033A25757C2A9649C94659FD7CF. 
Political offices
Preceded by
Gaëtan de Rochebouët		 Minister of War
13 December 1877 - 16 May 1878		 Succeeded by
Henri François Xavier Gresley
This article incorporates information from the revision as of 2009-4-20 of the equivalent article on the French Wikipedia.