Victor Cordonnier

General Victor Cordonnier
General Cordonnier inspecting Vardar front, Macedonia
Born23 March 1858
Surgy, France
Died1936
Allegiance France
Service / branchFrench Army
Years of service1879–1918
RankBrigadier General
CommandsCadet Battalion, St. Cyr
87th Brigade
3rd Division
Army of the Orient
Battles / warsWorld War I
AwardsCommander of the Légion d'honneur
Other workLes Japonais des Mandchourie
Une Brigade au feu:Potins de Guerre

Victor Louis Émilien Cordonnier (23 March 1858, Surgy, France – 1936) served France during World War I as a general and was called "one of France's finest generals" by Geoffrey Blainey.[1]

  1. ^ Geoffrey Blainey, The Causes of War, (Simon and Schuster, 1988), 38.