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Adolphe Niel

French military officer
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Adolphe Niel (born Oct. 4, 1802, Muret, France—died Aug. 13, 1869, Paris) was a French army officer and marshal who, as minister of war, made an unsuccessful attempt to reorganize the French army in 1868. Niel was trained as an engineer and spent most of his life in military service after receiving his commission in 1825. In 1849 he distinguished himself in the French forces’ capture of Rome from the republicans. Appointed a general of...

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