Amedee Courbet, French admiral Finish:Float frame from the Royal Society

from the Royal Society

when it became clear that the government could not win this battle

This relates to the elections to the French Chamber of Deputies that took place in mid-October 1877

28th September 1966

the Duchess of Kent and Gog and Magog

Amedee Courbet, French admiral Finish:Float frame from the Royal SocietyAmedee Courbet, French admiral, 1880. In May 1880 Courbet (1827 1885) was appointed Governor of New Caledonia. He later won several victories in the Tonkin Campaign (1883 1886) and the Sino French War (1884 1885). A photograph from Album de Photographies, Dans L'Intimite de Personnages Illustres, 1860 1920, Editions MD, 22 Rue de L'Arcade, Paris 8, 1860 1920.