Keywords: Petitthouars.jpg Abel Nicolas Georges Henri Bergasse Dupetit-Thouars 1832 - 1890 was a French sailor in the War of Crimea and a Knight of the Legion of Honor As a Rear Admiral he was in charge of the 1880 pacification of the Marquesas Islands On the way back to France he commanded the French Navy observation mission at the War of the Pacific on the eve of the occupation of Lima by Chilean troops being the senior officer of the powerful neutral feet at Callao he decisively warned the occupation force against committing excesses; he is credited with having saved the city from destruction Dupetit Thouars in civilian clothes century 19 PD-old Abel Bergasse Dupetit-Thouars |