Early Life
Brunet was born in Belfort, in the Franche-Comté region of eastern France. He graduated from the École Polytechnique in 1857, where he specialized in artillery.
Brunet participated in the French intervention in Mexico (1862–1867), and received the Légion d'honneur.
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