General Antoine Marius Benoît Drude, 1911
Antoine Drude (aka Antoine Marius Benoît Drude: 27 May 1853 in Condé – 7 January 1943 in Marseille) was a French general.
He was the son of Magdeleine Honorine (née Clément) and Etienne Drude.[1] Drude entered the French Military in 1872[2] and in 1892 commanded a company of the Foreign Legion in Dahomey. Between 1900 and 1901, he participated in the Boxer Rebellion in China, capturing[3] Kao Peng on 7 November 1900, while heading three infantry companies and a field artillery section.[4] In 1901, he became a lieutenant colonel, having participated in 14 campaigns.[2] In 1907, he was appointed Brigadier General and commanding troops from Algeria, landed in Morocco on 7 August. Drude was elevated to Major General in 1911 and in 1914 he became commander of the Division of Oran.[3]
Drude was knighted on 9 July 1892[2] and became a Grand Officer of the Legion of Honor in 1914.[1]
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Légion d’Honneur: Drude" (in French). Paris, France: Archives Nationales. 1943. Dossier: LH/808/2. http://www.culture.gouv.fr/LH/LH053/PG/FRDAFAN83_OL0808002v001.htm. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "86th Rég." (in French). Paris, France: Journal Officiel de la République Française. 22 September 1901. p. 6061. https://issuu.com/aaleme/docs/jorf19010922. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Histoire: 1892-1893 - La Légion Etrangère pendant la campagne du Dahomey" (in French). Paris, France: Fédération des Sociétés d’Anciens de la Légion Etrangère. 2016. http://www.legionetrangere.fr/index.php/la-fsale/le-president-de-la-fsale/79-infos-fsale/580-histoire-1892-1893-la-legion-etrangere-pendant-la-campagne-du-dahomey. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
- ↑ Brun, Jean-François (2010). "Intervention armée en Chine: l’expédition internationale de 1900-1901" (in French). Château de Vincennes, France: Service historique de la Défense. pp. 14–45. ISSN 1965-0779. https://rha.revues.org/pdf/6914. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
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