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- François Henri Mouton (17 August 1804 – 9 November 1876) was a French army officer. In his early career he served in the Garde du Corps and the Spahis, reaching the rank of captain before being placed on half-pay in 1838. Mouton afterwards entered the service of the Sikh Khalsa Army, through contact with Jean-Baptiste Ventura who served as a military adviser to Sikh Maharaja Ranjit Singh. Mouton was placed in command of a unit of cuirassiers and fought with them in the Guler and Mandi hills. He survived an abduction attempt by Sikh rebels but returned to France after Maharaja Sher Singh was assassinated. Mouton travelled back to India in 1844 seeking employment and, after initially being refused entry, was eventually made military adviser to the Sikh commander Tej Singh. Later that year the Khalsa came into conflict with the British during the First Anglo-Sikh War. Mouton was the only European adviser to remain with the Sikh army throughout. He fought at the battles of Ferozeshah and Sobraon and helped plan the entrenchments used by the Khalsa in both engagements. At the end of the war he was captured in the Sikh capital, Lahore, and deported by the British. Mouton returned to France in 1846 and published an account of his service in India. He rejoined the French Army and was granted a position with the Chasseurs d'Afrique. Mouton was appointed a chevalier of the Legion of Honour in 1848. He served as a staff officer during the Crimean War for which he was rewarded with appointment to the Ottoman Order of the Medjidie and advanced to the rank of officer in the Legion of Honour. Mouton retired, as a colonel, in 1865. (en)
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- * France
* Sikh Empire (en)
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- * Legion of Honour
* Order of the Medjidie (en)
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- * First Anglo-Sikh War
* Crimean War (en)
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- * French Army
* Sikh Khalsa Army (en)
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- François Henri Mouton (en)
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- * Colonel
* Military advisor (en)
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- * 1822–1865
* 1839–1846 (en)
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- François Henri Mouton (17 August 1804 – 9 November 1876) was a French army officer. In his early career he served in the Garde du Corps and the Spahis, reaching the rank of captain before being placed on half-pay in 1838. (en)
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- François Henri Mouton (en)
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