- Géraud Réveilhac
Géraud François Gustave Réveilhac (
16 February 1851 inAurillac (France ) - 1937fr [http://web.genealogie.free.fr/Les_militaires/France/Annuaires_militaires/Annuaire_militaire_1913.htm Military Directory of 1913 web.genealogie.free.fr] ] ) was a French career officer, raised to the rank ofGénéral de brigade onDecember 21 1909 ,fr [http://web.genealogie.free.fr/Les_militaires/France/Annuaires_militaires/Annuaire_militaire_1913.htm Military Directory of 1913 web.genealogie.free.fr] ] commanding officer of the 42nd Infantry Brigade, he was thenCommandeur of theLégion d'honneur .World War I
At the beginning of
World War I , he was commanding the 119th Infantry Brigade, part of the 60th Infantry Division, under General Joppé [Général de division Maurice Joppé (November 29 1852 -January 4 1927 ).] whom he replaced onSeptember 25 1914 as commanding officer of the division.In February 1915, after three attempts to take a strong German position failed, showing sovereign contempt of the life of his men,fr"Les damnés de la guerre - Les crimes de la justice militaire (1914-1918)"] he ordered artillery to shell a French trench, to force his troops to attack. However, the artillery commander refused to obey without a written order. On another occasion, he ordered his troops to relaunch an attack pretending the percentage of acceptable losses had not been reached for that day. The movie "
Paths of Glory " is partly based on these events.At the end of the war, General Réveilhac was made Grand Officier of the
Légion d'honneur . [ [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,848270-2,00.html Paris Muckraker www.time.com] ,Time Magazine (December 2 1935)] He retired to his country estate, and died in bed in 1937.Further reading
*"Les damnés de la guerre - Les crimes de la justice militaire (1914-1918)"; Roger Monclin (1903 Reims - 1985 Saint Laurent du Var); Paris ; Mignolet & Storz; 1934
*"Le Crapouillot " ; 1915.Filmography
*"
Paths of Glory ";Stanley Kubrick (1957)References
Persondata
NAME=Réveilhac, Géraud
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=Réveilhac, Géraud François Gustave
SHORT DESCRIPTION=French General ofWorld War I
DATE OF BIRTH=16 February 1851
PLACE OF BIRTH=Aurillac (France )
DATE OF DEATH=1937
PLACE OF DEATH=?
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