Antoine Drude | |
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| Born | 27 May 1853 Condé, France |
| Died | 7 January 1943 (aged 89) Marseille, France |
| Allegiance |  France |
| Service | French Army |
| Rank | General |
| Battles / wars | Boxer Rebellion Bombardment of Casablanca (1907) |
Antoine Drude (aka Antoine Marius Benoît Drude: 27 May 1853 in Condé – 7 January 1943 in Marseille) was a French general.
He was the son of Magdeleine Honorine (née Clément) and Etienne Drude.[1] Drude entered the French Military in 1872[2] and in 1892 commanded a company of the Foreign Legion in Dahomey. Between 1900 and 1901, he participated in the Boxer Rebellion in China, capturing[3] Kao Peng on 7 November 1900, while heading three infantry companies and a field artillery section.[4] In 1901, he became a lieutenant colonel, having participated in 14 campaigns.[2] In 1907, he was appointed Brigadier General and commanding troops from Algeria, landed in Morocco on 7 August after the Bombardment of Casablanca. Drude was elevated to Major General in 1911 and in 1914 he became commander of the Division of Oran.[3]
Drude was knighted on 9 July, 1892[2] and became a Grand Officer of the Legion of Honor in 1914.[1]
- ^ a b "Légion d'Honneur: Drude". Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication Gouvernement Français (in French). Paris, France: Archives Nationales. 1943. Dossier: LH/808/2. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
- ^ a b c "86th Rég" (in French). Vol. 33rd year, no. 257. Paris, France: Journal Officiel de la République Française. 22 September 1901. p. 6061. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
- ^ a b "Histoire: 1892–1893 – La Légion Etrangère pendant la campagne du Dahomey". Legione Trangere (in French). Paris, France: Fédération des Sociétés d’Anciens de la Légion Etrangère. 2016. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
- ^ Brun, Jean-François (2010). "Intervention armée en Chine: l'expédition internationale de 1900–1901". Revue historique des armées (in French). 258. Château de Vincennes, France: Service historique de la Défense: 14–45. ISSN 1965-0779. Retrieved 27 September 2016.