boisse

Updated: May 26, 2025

On the 1st December, 1851, the two regiments hutted on the Esplanade were the 6th and the 42d Regiments of the Line, the 6th commanded by Colonel Garderens de Boisse, who was famous before the Second of December, the 42d by Colonel Espinasse, who became famous since that date.

Victor Hugo - The History of a Crime: The Testimony of an Eye-Witness