Jacques Duchesne
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General Jacques Charles René Achille Duchesne (3 March 1837 – 27 April 1918) was a 19th-century French military officer. He was born at Sens and entered Saint-Cyr in 1855, aged 18, and became a lieutenant in 1861.
Career
Duchesne fought in the Franco-Prussian War in 1870–1871.[1] He became a lieutenant-colonel in 1881.
Tonkin and Formosa
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In November 1884 Duchesne led a column of legionnaires, marine infantry and Tonkinese riflemen to relieve the Siege of Tuyên Quang, defeating Liu Yongfu's Black Flag Army at the Battle of Yu Oc (on 19 November 1884).[2] In December 1884 he was appointed to the command of the Formosa expeditionary corps at Keelung in northern Taiwan. In January 1885 he assaulted the Chinese lines of investment around Keelung, capturing the advanced Chinese position of Fork Y.[3] In March 1885 he launched a full-scale offensive against the Chinese lines at Keelung, making a bold flank march to attack the Chinese defences on their exposed eastern flank. The French offensive was completely successful. Duchesne's men captured the key Chinese positions of La Table and Fort Bamboo on 5 March and 7 March, respectively, forcing the Chinese to retreat to new positions south of the Keelung River.[4]
Franco-Hova war
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In 1895, Duchesne led the French invasion of Madagascar in the Second Franco-Hova War, disembarking his 15,000 troops at Majunga,[5] and managing to capture Tananarive after seven months.[6] Twenty French soldiers died fighting and 6,000 died of malaria and other diseases before the Second Franco-Hova War ended. The government signed a treaty that yielded significant powers to the French authorities but left the monarchy intact. Madagascar became a French protectorate. Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Notes
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- ↑ "He distinguished himself in the Franco-Prussian war, 1870-71" in The International Cyclopedia: A Compendium of Human Knowledge by Selim Hobart Peabody, Charles Francis Richardson – Encyclopedias and dictionaries (1898), p. 147
- ↑ Lecomte, pp. 144–46
- ↑ Garnot, pp. 119–35
- ↑ Garnot, pp. 147–72
- ↑ "In 1895 General Jacques Duchesne disembarked at Majunga on the west coast", Historical Dictionary of the Third French Republic, 1870–1940 by Patrick H. Hutton, Amanda S. Bourque, Amy J. Staples, p. 723
- ↑ African Proconsuls by Lewis H. Gann, Peter Duignan, p. 93
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References
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- Lecomte, J., Lang-Son: combats, retraite et négociations (Paris, 1895)
External links
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- 1837 births
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- People from Sens
- French generals
- Military history of Vietnam
- 1883 in Vietnam
- 1884 in Vietnam
- 1885 in Vietnam
- French military personnel of the Franco-Prussian War
- French military personnel of the Sino-French War
- French military personnel of the Madagascar expeditions
- Place of death missing