children, one daughter (Eugenie Bazaine) and two sons. His youngest son predeceased him in Cuba. His eldest son (Alfonse Bazaine) outlived him, becomig a noted Spanish officer. Death Bazaine's health had progressively slowly deteriorated due to the injuries received during his 40-year-long military career. Pepita took her daughter and one of her sons to Mexico, to look after the little fortune she had left, awaiting Mexican government compensation for the couple's property losses. Bazaine stayed in Madrid (Spain) with his eldest son, Alfonse Bazaine. He downgraded his lodgings to the Calle Atocha, where he cooked for himself, retaining his cigars as his one remaining luzory. After the departure of his family, Bazaine's health declined. His eyesight deteriorated, and he broke his leg whilst walking on a frost day in Retiro Park. He began to take little care of his personal appearance, growing a long grayish beard and became a source of pity by local Spaniards. At his Madrid lodgings, Bazaine died of a stroke on 23 September 1888 (aged 77), after an infection he contracted during the Madrid winter of 1887/8. Afonse Bazaine, now a Corporal of the Chasseurs in the Spanish army, was away from Madrid when his father died. Bazaine's remains were interred on 24 September 1888 in the Madrid's San Justo Cemetery. An official funeral was celebrated in the presence of the Minister of War, Spanish marshals including Marshal Campos, one of his brothers, and his sons. Bazaine's sword and epaulettes rested on his coffin, instead of floral emblems. The officiating priest was a relative of his wife. Bazaine's daughter (Eugenie Bazaine), returned from Mexico back to Sapin on 20 January 1900 an orphan, after the subsequent death of her mother who had been taken to hospital with a serious illness on 26 December 1899. Reputation Harsh criticism featured in French newspapers upon Bazaine's death "Let his corpse be flung in to the first ditch. As for his memory, it is nailed forever to the pillory". German papers refer to Bazaine kindly and repeated that he was wronged by his own people. On 7 July 1911, the Mister of Justice received a petition from Bazaine's son Alfonse Bazaine asking for the rehabilitation of his father. In commenting on the application the Correspodencia Militar, the organ if the Spanish War Office, said:- "Many persons believe that the unfortunate Marshal was the victim of a fatality or a mistake