Jean Danjou

Capitaine Jean Danjou ( born April 15, 1828 in Chalabre, France, † April 30, 1863 at the battle of Camerone, Mexico ) was an officer in the French Foreign Legion.

In the period 1863-1867 took Emperor Napoleon III. the attempt to establish by military force in Mexico a client state under the rule of Habsburg Ferdinand Maximilian of Austria. In the course of this struggle took place on April 30, 1863 near the hamlet of Camerone to a fight between 62 foreign legionnaires and three officers under the command of Captain Danjou and 2,000 armed supporters of the Republic. Capitaine Danjou had each Legionary swore to fight to the last cartridge. After hours lengthy firefights only three men were on their feet, but the Legionaries, the deep admiration of their enemies had won: These are not soldiers, these are demons, called the commander of the Mexican soldiers, Colonel Francisco de Paula Milán from.

The Mexicans lost about 300 men. Emperor Napoléon III. allowed to use on the flags of the Premier Régiment the honorary title Camerone 1863. In 1892 a monument was erected on the battlefield. The inscription reads:

Translation: Here stood against less than sixty men of an entire army. Their mass crushed her. These soldiers lost their lives in France rather than courage. April 30, 1863