Ardant du Picq

Charles Jean Jacques Joseph Ardant du Picq
Born	19 October 1821 Périgueux, France
Died	18 August 1870 (1870-08-19) (aged 48) near Metz, France
Allegiance	France
Service/branch	French Army
Years of service	1844–1870
Rank	Colonel
Battles/wars	Crimean War *Siege of Sevastopol 1860 Lebanon conflict Franco-Prussian War *Battle of Mars-la-Tour
Awards	Officer of the Légion d'honneur a British medal from Queen Victoria Médaille militaire Order of the Ottoman Medjidie, Fourth Class[1]
Other work	Writer

Charles Jean Jacques Joseph Ardant du Picq (19 October 1821 – 18 August 1870) was a French Army officer and military theorist of the mid-nineteenth century whose writings, as they were later interpreted by other theorists, had a great effect on French military theory and doctrine.