Antoine de Mitry

Antoine de Mitry (

Leménil-Mitry Leménil-Mitry () is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in north-eastern metropolitan France.World War I World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...

,. He entered the Ecole Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr in 1875, and afterwards joined the cavalry. A colonel in 1910, he commanded a brigade of

cuirassiers Cuirassiers (; ) were cavalry equipped with a cuirass, sword, and pistols. Cuirassiers first appeared in mid-to-late 16th century Europe as a result of armoured cavalry, such as men-at-arms and demi-lancers, discarding their lances and adop ...

at the outbreak of World War I. On 30 August 1914 he received command of the 2nd Cavalry Corps, with which he fought in the

Battle of Arras (1914) The Battle of Arras (also known as the First Battle of Arras, was an attempt by the French Army to outflank the German Army, which was attempting to do the same thing during the " Race to the Sea", the reciprocal attempts by both sides, to e ...

and the

First Battle of Ypres The First Battle of Ypres (french: Première Bataille des Flandres; german: Erste Flandernschlacht – was a battle of the First World War, fought on the Western Front (World War I), Western Front around Ypres, in West Flanders, Belgium. Th ...

. On 15 February 1915, he became a division general. In April 1917, he participated at the head of the 6th Army Corps in the Second Battle of the Aisne.
From 6 July 1918 until 7 August 1918, he commanded the IX Army, and from 23 October until the end of the war, the VII Army. General de Mitry was a commandeur of the

Légion d'honneur The National Order of the Legion of Honour (french: Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur), formerly the Royal Order of the Legion of Honour ('), is the highest French order of merit, both military and civil. Established in 1802 by Napoleon ...

. He died in 1924 and was buried in the

Hôtel des Invalides The Hôtel des Invalides ( en, "house of invalids"), commonly called Les Invalides (), is a complex of buildings in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France, containing museums and monuments, all relating to the military history of France, as ...

. {{DEFAULTSORT:Mitry, Antoine de 1857 births 1924 deaths French military personnel of World War I French generals Commandeurs of the Légion d'honneur