Jean-Baptiste-Adolphe Charras Explained

Jean-Baptiste Adolphe Charras (7 January 1810 in Phalsbourg  - 23 January 1865 in Basel) was a French military historian and minister. He was the author of Histoire de la Campagne de 1815.^[1]

Lieutenant Colonel Charras rose rapidly within the military administration in 1848 with a series of promotions, becoming Secretary of the Defence Commission on 9 March, Under Secretary of State for War on 5 April, and Acting Minister of War on 11 May of that year.^[2]

Further reading

• Jenny, Adrian (1969). Jean-Baptiste Adolphe Charras und die politische Emigration nach de Staatsreich Louis-Napoleon Bonapartes. Basil and Stuttgart: Verlag von Hellsing und Lichtenhahn.

Notes and References

1. Book: Clarke, Stephen . How the French won Waterloo (or think they did) . 2015 . Century . 9781780893082 . London . 60.
2. Book: Revolution and reaction: 1848 and the Second French Republic . 1975 . C. Helm . 0-85664-204-5 . London . 155.