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14. Mac-Mahon. Marie Edme Patrice Maurice de Mac-Mahon, duc de Magenta, was bom in 1808. He served with great distinction in Algeria, the Crimea, and in Italy in 1859, when he saved the day at the battle of Magenta and thus won his title. After his defeat at Wôrth (or Reichshoffen) he withdrew with the remnant of his army to Châlons-sur-Mame. Entering the battle of Sedan with a new army, he was wounded early in the engagement, and after the battle was sent with other prisoners to Germany. On his release at the dose of the war he commanded the national troops against the Commune. In 1873 ^® succeeded M. Thiers as Président of the French Republic, but resigned his office in 1879. ^^ ^®^ October 18, 1893.

15. belle et bonne hémiplégie: a most serions case 0/ paralysés of one side; belle et bonne means "fine," from a médical point of view.