Rue Louis Ardison

Louis Ardisson was born in Cannes in 1838. Lieutenant of vessel, he commanded the battery of the fort of Noisy.at the beginning of August 1870, because of the turn taken by the military operations and the first setbacks of the French army, the government decided to call upon the French army to fight the war;cida to call upon the Navy and to entrust it with the responsibility of several forts around Paris, which were the main pieces of the capital's defense. These forts were armed by battalions of sailors taken from the crews that had become available after the abandonment of the Baltic Sea Docking project.from the end of December, the forts suffered greatly from the fire of the enemy 150 and 120 mm batteries installed nearby, receiving 50-70 rounds per hour on some days.on December 27, 1871, the fire on the eastern forts became incessant and more precise, causing numerous casualties among the crews of the forts: the Lieutenant de vaisseau Ardisson commander of a battery of the fort of Noisy was seriously wounded by shells. He died of his wounds on January 23, 1871.