- Paul Joalland
Paul-Jules Joalland (1870–1940) is a French officer, known mainly for completing the
Voulet-Chanoine Mission .He was one of the six officers of the latter expedition, and was an artillery expert with the rank of
lieutenant . The Voulet-Chanoine Mission was commanded by the captainsPaul Voulet andJulien Chanoine , entrusted in 1898 by the government with the mission to explore and conquer the territories between theNiger River andLake Chad , with the ultimate goal to unify, Jointly with other two similar expeditions, all French territories inWest Africa .The brutalities and massacres committed by the expedition after leaving
Senegal brought the authorities to replace Voulet and Chanoine withLieutenant Colonel Klobb; the latter was killed close toZinder by Voulet onJuly 14 1899 , and shortly after Voulet and Chanoine were killed by their troops, that recognized as commander Joalland, who was promoted to the rank of Captain.Joalland left Zinder on
October 3 , reaching, with 170 riflemen,Lake Chad ; hearing later that theFoureau-Lamy Mission , advancing from theSahara , was close, he went up the east side of the lake, and met it on February. The two joint missions, under the command of Major Lamy of the Saharian Mission, now returned south to Joalland's base camp on the right bank of theChari River .On
April 21 1900 , Joalland and Lamy encountered theGentil Mission , that had been proceeding from theCongo River . The following day all the French forces united clashed with the greatest ruler in the region,Rabih az-Zubayr ; the French triumphed, guaranteeing the conquest of theChad Basin. Before the end of the year, Joalland returned with his men back home, after having successfully completed the mission.In 1927 Joalland was given the honorary title of commander of the
Légion d'honneur , the premier distinction inFrance . Two years later he was nominatedBrigadier General of colonial troops. He died onSeptember 28 1940 . [ [http://web.genealogie.free.fr/Les_militaires/2GM/France/Terre/Generaux_Brigade/Generaux_Brigade.htm Web.genealogie ] at web.genealogie.free.fr]References
*cite book|author=Gentil, Émile|title=La chute de l'empire de Rabah|publisher=Hachette|year=1971|
*cite news | last =Guyotat | first = Régis| title = La colonne infernale de Voulet-Chanoine| language = French | publisher =Le Monde | date = 1999-09-26| url = http://www.ldh-toulon.net/article.php3?id_article=399|
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