Georges Brissaud-Desmaillets

illustrating itself on the battle fields of Alsace, the the Vosges and the Somme, the general Brissaud-Desmaillets (1869-1948) and his hunters with foot profited from a very strong popularity during the Great War.

Georges Henri Brissaud-Desmaillets was born on January 16th 1869 with Carcassonne and deceased on November 14th 1948 with Paris. It is resulting from a military line of tradition: his/her father was major of hussards and his grandfather Capitaine of gendarmerie.

Career

Military cadet and officer of Hunters to foot, it is graduate École of War.
Colonel on December 25th 1912.
Brigadier general on December 31st 1916.
Major general on September 19th 1922.
within the framework of reserve on January 16th 1931, it occupies actively its retirement like lawyer with the bar of Paris and tallies of the Radical party.

Military attach3e in China and Korea of 1903 to 1905. Carry out a mission of military adviser in China in 1912.
Chief of police of the 28e Bataillon of hunters to foot since 1912.
1914: ordering the 1st Alpine Group : 13 {{E}} - 22 {{E}} - 28 {{E}} and 30 {{E}} B.C.A.
Exerts the command of the 3rd brigade of hunters as from January 1915.
September 23rd, 1916 - April 19th, 1917: ordering the ''' 12 {{E}} Division of Infantry '''.
April 19th, 1917: ordering the ''' 66 {{E}} Division of Infantry ''' called the Blue Division .
July 15th, 1920 - June 13rd, 1927: Ordering French troops of occupation in the Saar.

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