- Louis Archinard
Infobox Military Person
name=Louis Archinard
caption=General Archinard
born=11 February 1850
died=8 May 1932
placeofbirth=Le Havre ,France
placeofdeath=Villiers-le-Bel ,France
nickname=
allegiance=France
branch=French Army
serviceyears=1870-1915
1917-1919
rank=General de division
unit=
commands=32nd Infantry Division
battles=Franco-Prussian War World War I
awards=Grand Cross of the Légion d'honneurMédaille militaire
Croix de guerre 1914-1918
relations=
laterwork=Louis Archinard (
11 February 1850 -8 May 1932 ) was a French General at the time of the Third Republic, who contributed to the colonial conquest ofFrench West Africa . He was traditionally presented in French histories as the conqueror and "Pacifier" ofFrench Soudan (todayMali ).Archinard's campaigns brought about the end of the
Tukulor Empire . He also spent a large amount of energy fightingSamory Toure .In 1897 Archinard was reassined to
French Indochina .Decorations
*
Légion d'honneur
**Knight (25 August 1881)
**Officer (9 July 1889)
**Commander (11 July 1903)
**Grand Officer (30 December 1908)
**Grand Cross (11 July 1914)
*Médaille militaire (6 July 1919)
*Croix de guerre 1914-1918
*Médaille Interalliée de la Victoire.
*Médaille Commémorative de la Guerre 70-71.
*Médaille Commémorative de la Grande Guerre.
*Médaille Coloniale with agrafe "Soudan".References
*Translation of French Wikipedia entry, May 2007
*E. Réquin, Archinard et le Soudan, Éditions Berger-Levrault, 1946
*Martine Cuttier, Portrait du colonialisme triomphant - Louis Archinard 1850-1932, Éditions Lavauzelle, 2006 - ISBN 2-7025-1297-6
* [http://courses.wcupa.edu/jones/his311/archives/sec/kanya3.htm A. S. Kanya-Forstner, The Conquest of the Western Sudan] (Cambridge University Press, 1969). Chapter VII. The `Total Conquest' of the Sudan, 1888-93.
*O'Toole, Thomas E., "Historical Dictionary of Guinea", (Metuchen, New Jersey: The Scarecrow Press, 1987) p. 18
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