- Alfred-Amédée Dodds
Infobox Military Person
name=Alfred-Amédée Dodds
caption=Gen. Alfred-Amédée Dodds on the cover of "L'Illustration ", 20 May 1893.
born=6 February 1842
died=18 July 1922
placeofbirth=Saint-Louis,Senegal
placeofdeath=Paris ,France
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allegiance=France
branch=French Army
serviceyears=1862-1907
rank=General de division
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battles=Franco-Prussian War Sino-French War Second Franco-Dahomean War
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laterwork=Alfred-Amédée Dodds (6 February 1842 - 18 July 1922) was a French General, commander of French forces in Sénégal from 1890, commander of French forces in the second expeditionary force to suppress
The Boxer Rebellion , and commander of French forces during theSecond Franco-Dahomean War . As both anoctoroon and ametis , he was famed in theAfrican Diaspora at the beginning of the Twentieth century as an example of African leadership, despite the fact that he led the destruction of one of West Africa's most powerful pre-colonial states.Notes
References
*François Manchuelle, « Métis et colons : la famille Devès et l'émergence politique des Africains au Sénégal, 1881-1897. » , "Cahiers d'études africaines", 1984, 24, n° 96, pp. 477-504.
* [http://www.military-photos.com/dodds.htm Portrait at http://www.military-photos.com] .
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