Antoine Drude

Antoine Drude
Antoine Drude
Born	27 May 1853; Condé, France
Died	7 January 1943 (aged 89); Marseille, France
Allegiance	France
Service/branch	French Army
Rank	General
Battles/wars	Boxer Rebellion; Bombardment of Casablanca (1907)

Antoine Drude (aka Antoine Marius Benoît Drude: 27 May 1853 in Condé – 7 January 1943 in Marseille) was a French general.

He was the son of Magdeleine Honorine (née Clément) and Etienne Drude.^[1] Drude entered the French Military in 1872^[2] and in 1892 commanded a company of the Foreign Legion in Dahomey. Between 1900 and 1901, he participated in the Boxer Rebellion in China, capturing^[3] Kao Peng on 7 November 1900, while heading three infantry companies and a field artillery section.^[4] In 1901, he became a lieutenant colonel, having participated in 14 campaigns.^[2] In 1907, he was appointed Brigadier General and commanding troops from Algeria, landed in Morocco on 7 August after the Bombardment of Casablanca. Drude was elevated to Major General in 1911 and in 1914 he became commander of the Division of Oran.^[3]

Drude was knighted on 9 July, 1892^[2] and became a Grand Officer of the Legion of Honor in 1914.^[1]

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^ ^a ^b "Légion d'Honneur: Drude". Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication Gouvernement Français (in French). Paris, France: Archives Nationales. 1943. Dossier: LH/808/2. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c "86th Rég" (in French). Vol. 33rd year, no. 257. Paris, France: Journal Officiel de la République Française. 22 September 1901. p. 6061. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
^ ^a ^b "Histoire: 1892–1893 – La Légion Etrangère pendant la campagne du Dahomey". Legione Trangere (in French). Paris, France: Fédération des Sociétés d’Anciens de la Légion Etrangère. 2016. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
^ Brun, Jean-François (2010). "Intervention armée en Chine: l'expédition internationale de 1900–1901". Revue historique des armées (in French). 258. Château de Vincennes, France: Service historique de la Défense: 14–45. ISSN 1965-0779. Retrieved 27 September 2016.

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[Legion_of_Honor_roll-1] "Légion d'Honneur: Drude". Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication Gouvernement Français (in French). Paris, France: Archives Nationales. 1943. Dossier: LH/808/2. Retrieved 27 September 2016.

[Official_Journal_(1901)-2] "86th Rég" (in French). Vol. 33rd year, no. 257. Paris, France: Journal Officiel de la République Française. 22 September 1901. p. 6061. Retrieved 27 September 2016.

[Foreign_Legion_(2016)-3] "Histoire: 1892–1893 – La Légion Etrangère pendant la campagne du Dahomey". Legione Trangere (in French). Paris, France: Fédération des Sociétés d’Anciens de la Légion Etrangère. 2016. Retrieved 27 September 2016.

[Brun_(2010)-4] Brun, Jean-François (2010). "Intervention armée en Chine: l'expédition internationale de 1900–1901". Revue historique des armées (in French). 258. Château de Vincennes, France: Service historique de la Défense: 14–45. ISSN 1965-0779. Retrieved 27 September 2016.

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