Henri Joseph Brugère (
Uzerche
Uzerche (; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Corrèze Departments of France, department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine Regions of France, region of central France.
In 1787, the English writer Arthur Young described the town as "the pearl of ...
, 27 June 1841 – Lautaret, 31 August 1918) was a French divisional general.
Career
On 4 October 1914, German attacks by the
II Cavalry Corps (
General
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In some usages, the term "general officer" refers to a rank above colone ...
Georg von der Marwitz) and the
XIV Reserve Corps drove the group of the 81st, 82nd, 84th and 88th Territorial divisions (General Joseph Brugère) back from Hébuterne,
Gommecourt and Monchy au Bois to the north. The village was captured by the 1st Guard Division on the night of and held against French counter-attacks, which were stopped short of Gommecourt, where the front settled until March 1917. The French XI Corps attacked at
Beaumont Hamel on 19 November but failed to capture the village, after being held up by uncut wire. A diversion was conducted by XI Corps from 1915 at Toutvent Farm, to the north, during the
Second Battle of Artois
The Second Battle of Artois (, ) from 9 May to 18 June 1915, took place on the Western Front (World War I), Western Front during the First World War. A German-held Salient (military), salient from Reims to Amiens had been formed in 1914 which me ...
. On a stretch of the German front line, an area deep was captured and held against German counter-attacks, at a cost of The area around Gommecourt was taken over by the British in July 1915.
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French generals
Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour
French Army generals of World War I
French military personnel of the Franco-Prussian War
Military governors of Paris
École Polytechnique alumni
1841 births
1918 deaths