Pierre Joseph Dubois (21 November 1852 - 17 January 1924) was a French

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general.

Education

Dubois entered the

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in 1872, and on October 1, 1874, was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the cavalry.

Military career and leadership

During his early years of military service, he participated in the

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in 1882 and

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in 1885. He became commander of the 1st Cavalry Division in 1909 and at the start of World War I, he was at the head of the 9th Army Corps. He fought in the Battles of the Marne and Ypres before coming commander of the

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between March 1915 and February 1916, when he was put into reserve. In June 1916 he received a new assignment as Commander of the 5th Military Region in Orléans. Put on the reserve list again in April 1917, he was reactivated in the summer of 1917 for a few months and took over the command of the 11th Military Region in Nantes. Here he prepared for the arrival of American troops in the ports of

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and

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References

Sources

''First World War''
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