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Édouard Brémond
Édouard Brémond (5 November 1868, in Paris – 22 November 1948, in Paris) was a French Army general and colonel for the French Third Republic, who served as commanding officer of the French Colonies to the Hejaz from 1914 to 1916, and as chief administrator of Cilicia from 1919 to 1920. He is best remembered as a contemporary of T. E. Lawrence in Arabia, and for his war memoirs ''La Cilicie en 1919-1920'' (1921), and ''Le Hedjaz dans la guerre mondiale'' (1931). Career A graduate of the École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr in 1890, Brémond was first posted as a second lieutenant at the 1st Regiment of Algerian tirailleur in southern Algeria from 1895, then at the 1st detachment in Antananarivo, Madagascar, where he took part in the Franco-Hova Wars. Afterwards, he studied at the École supérieure de guerre in 1899–1901, to be assigned to the staff of the Constantine division in 1901–1904, where he also had to perform tasks in the Aurès. In 1904–1907, he became an O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paris
Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, fourth-most populous city in the European Union and the List of cities proper by population density, 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2022. Since the 17th century, Paris has been one of the world's major centres of finance, diplomacy, commerce, culture, Fashion capital, fashion, and gastronomy. Because of its leading role in the French art, arts and Science and technology in France, sciences and its early adoption of extensive street lighting, Paris became known as the City of Light in the 19th century. The City of Paris is the centre of the ÃŽle-de-France region, or Paris Region, with an official estimated population of 12,271,794 inhabitants in January 2023, or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
