Charles-Arthur Gonse

Major General Charles-Arthur Gonse (19 September 1838, Paris – 18 December 1917, Cormeilles-en-Parisis), was Deputy Chief of Staff under the authority of General Raoul Le Mouton de Boisdeffre during the Dreyfus affair.

When confronted with overwhelming evidence that Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy was guilty of the espionage that Alfred Dreyfus had wrongfully been convicted of, Gonse simply overlooked it and refused to recognize Dreyfus' innocence.

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Name	Gonse, Charles-Arthur
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Short description	French military officer
Date of birth	19 September 1838
Place of birth	Paris, France
Date of death	18 December 1917
Place of death	Cormeilles-en-Parisis, France