Gustave Mentré was a

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general. A participant in the

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, he was sentenced to five year's imprisonment, suspended. At his trial, where he was defended by

René Floriot René Edmond Floriot (20 October 1902, Paris – 22 December 1975, Neuilly-sur-Seine) was a French lawyer. Life :"Son of a Paris municipal clerk, Floriot studied law at the University of Paris, Sorbonne, started practicing before his 21st birthda ...

, he denied that he had supported the coup. He was restored to his rank in 1982.{{Cite news , date=30 September 1982 , title=Les anciens officiers généraux de l'Algérie française seront complètement réintégrés dans le cadre de réserve , work=

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, url=https://www.lemonde.fr/archives/article/1982/09/30/les-anciens-officiers-generaux-de-l-algerie-francaise-seront-completement-reintegres-dans-le-cadre-de-reserve_2895835_1819218.html However, other sources report him as having died in 1975.

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