general february december french army officer engineer noted service morocco joined army volunteer training application commissioned spent number years regiment staff appointments france transferring algeria 19th 15th transferred general staff eastern morocco earned colonial medal recalled france start world war shot chest whilst serving 1st mentioned dispatches continuing duties despite wound posted morocco military commander region january took command french operations uprising led general wounded suppressed uprising month april led column relief french garrison defence force times number days uprising french rule launched operations military situation area month july appointed commander french troops eventually reached rank division supreme commander french troops morocco supervision country finally returned france serve later inspector general engineers wrote books military history including morocco published death rewarded work appointment commander early career born department france february son joined volunteer october officer candidate paris october transferred application school lieutenant received commission second lieutenant october posted promoted lieutenant november captain march married april marriage childless april august attached staff engineer rejoined regiment years attending october promoted captain june joined staff 19th october transferred staff 15th december april staff military subdivision arrived morocco october attached general staff east new french received colonial medal morocco april august attached staff 1st promoted commandant major days later served defence france world war wounded left breast bullet august received mention dispatches continuing duties despite injury appointed knight december precedence december chef january left france military commander region morocco january appointed officer precedence december honoured service country appointment commander april promoted lieutenant colonel colonel january participated operation region command general uprising french rule led war wounded accidental explosion artillery shell assumed command won victories bands engaged january defeating entrenched forces hour battle inflicting casualties received reinforcements strong irregular tribal force sent french ally help able defeat uprising january february march commanded french column area north near border consisting 18th battalion 1st battalion men demolished belonging tribe scarcely troubled attack rear guard fired march french reconnaissance force fighting din grandson resistance leader threatening town detached unit captain forward position peak hill day heavy fog visibility metres force attacked close hand hand fighting killed guns despite repeated bayonet charges french position wounded handed command second lieutenant orders surviving men fortified french camp kilometres distant men journey officers killed ambush set local villagers besieged french post assisted attracted sound gunfire attacks camp repulsed artillery fire directed lieutenant solomon french unable break siege solomon lieutenant andrew held times number days food water air total casualties including fight reaching officers killed missing injured led relief column infantry companies seven machine gun sections cavalry troops battery artillery sections mountain guns relieve solomon andrew men endured forced marches routes impassable heavy rain unit covering kilometres single day morning april pushed besieging force contact garrison inflicting casualties killed wounded close quarters fight suffered heavy losses april sent patrols bury dead whilst reinforced defences directed aircraft bomb remaining area left companies garrison withdrawing remainder men men commended enthusiasm spirit enabled garrison relieved earlier expected singled machine gunners praise noting held enemy hours cover retreat units said despite small number knew save situation despite victory attacks loyal villages increased april 26th month launched column defend attacked hastily fortified camp held morning successfully defeated battle cost men killed officers men wounded time general prime minister arrived inspection tour military situation thanks actions july appointed replace lieutenant colonel command french troops fighting uprising led self proclaimed later brigade brigadier commander region commander february supreme commander troops morocco appointment war minister warned unfortunate engagement hide losses lie evidence second reverse obliged tell truth like wish morocco swept away like ferry son referring fall prime minister disastrous retreat vietnam march promoted grand officer legion having received promotion division major general years spent hard mountain warfare resistance high anti mountain ranges took personal command siege foot high mountain fortress february march fought alongside costly battle caused deaths hundreds french troops july led campaign laying new road went engineering knowledge dozens truck powered drills end month region leaving pocket resistance foot high peak home led directly commanding week complete siege successfully forced families surrender treated given food supplies allowed return homes minor skirmishes anti winter march remainder country brought end years continuous french military involvement morocco return france returned france serve sat organisation established encourage loyalty north_africa france case war inspector general french north african troops appointed inspector general engineers appointed grand cross july year wrote par madagascar morocco way madagascar south algeria british historian president islam study group journal outbreak second world war inspector general military regions france june holding position july point france surrendered germans died december saint sur france book written morocco step published preface written marshal
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