Edouard Alexandre

Edouard Alexandre: 1694-

The second son of immensely wealthy mill owner and trader Gustave Alexandre, Edouard was sent to the Royal Military Academy at Ecole de Mer. As a young cadet he was an average student, uninspired in artillery and engineering and excelling only in the use and deployment of cavalry. However, he was extremely well read and became a devoted reader of Montreaux and other proponents of representative government. Upon his graduation from the Academy at the age of 17, Alexandre joined up with the Army of the People, under the Commiserat and Henri Rechamp. Due to the shortage of officers, Alexandre was promoted from lieutenant to major within a month of active service, and within two years he was made colonel and given his own regiment. With the Restoration of the king, however, Alexandre was like so many officers forced to flee for his life. He spent several years in the the Boatsmen, the Guild security forces, and at least a year in the regional forces of Acrian. Hearing of the growing rebellion against King Reynarde, Alexandre returned to Sicinia where he enlisted in the rebel army as a colonel of cavalry. He served well, and was promoted to brigadier general following the success of the Lily Revolution.

With his excellent record and the resources of his family at his disposal, Alexandree set about making a name for himself in politics as a loyal figure in the military. Parliament was in thee process off forming a new Shock Army for the purpose of offsetting the politically suspect 3rd Shock Army. Alexandre campaigned hard for the post of commanding general, and in October 1727 his work bore fruit. Edouard Alexandre was promoted to Lieutenant General and given command of the 4th Shock Army. He led the 4th through the Three Day's War but saw little action, arriving at Akaseia the day before the garrison surrendered. In the peacetime that followed Alexandre drilled his men, and particularly his cavalry, hard and shaping them up into a well-trained and well-led army. He was chomping at the bit to lead his men into combat, and with the declaration of war against Zagorlad on September 24th, 1728, he got the chance. Parliament, wanting to give its man the lion's share of the glory, promoted Alexandre to full General and made him commander of Sicinian forces. On the Ile d'Aceline, Alexandre served bravely and well, at one point personally directing his troops fire during a night action. Some criticized him for pushing on to Ongro without orders and leaving only one brigade behind at Beldorford, but despite that controversy Alexandre emerged as a true Sicinian hero. Elected to Parliament, he was one of the Equality Party's earlier opponents, a fact that has not endeared him to Premier Adrian Laroux and the Equality Party.

With war once again declared between Akaeia and Sicinia, Alexandre has led the southern theatre of operations to several important victories, including a triumph of Sicinian cavalry over the much-feared Akaeian horsemen.