Ducrot, a French general, born at Nivers; served in Algeria, in the Italian campaign of 1859, and as head of a division in the German War; was imprisoned for refusing to sign the capitulation treaty of Sedan, but escaped and took part in the defence of Paris when besieged by the Germans (1817‒1882).
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Ducos, Roger * Du Deffand, Marquise