Gaston-Alexandre-Auguste, marquis de Galliffet

Gaston-Alexandre-Auguste, marquis de Galliffet (born Jan. 23, 1830, Paris—died July 8, 1909, Paris) was a French military leader who severely suppressed revolts in the Paris Commune in 1871. Galliffet served with distinction at the Siege of Sevastopol (1854–55) during the Crimean War and in Emperor Napoleon III’s wars in Algeria, Italy, and Mexico. As a brigade general during the Franco-German War (1870–71), he was captured at the Battle of Sedan. Assigned the task of suppressing...