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
Tonkin and Formosa
In 1884-85, during the
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
Notes
- ^ "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
References
- Garnot, Eugène Germain (1894). L' expédition française de Formose, 1884-1885. Paris: Librairie C. Delagrave. OL 5225244M.
- Lecomte, J., Lang-Son: combats, retraite et négociations (Paris, 1895)
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