At the outbreak of the Great War he participated in operations iñ Vosges and Alsace. A Sub-Lieutenant in September 1914, he was promoted Lieutenant in May 1915 when he embarked with an expeditionary force to the Far East. During the same year he took part in operations in Siberia and in April, 1917 he was promoted to the rank of Captain.
In 1918 he was with the army on the Danube and participated in operations in Rumania and Bulgaria He returned to France in 1919 and was sent out to the Orient again in 1920, remaining until 1923.
In 1926 he was decorated for valour during service in Morocco and from Africa he was sent to Tonkin in 1927 ahd given command of a battalion Upon his return to France he was transferred to Tunis and there from 1932 to 1934 was in command of the 10th. Senegalese Battalion.
Promoted Lieut-Col in 1935, he was sent out to Shanghai in 1936 ahd took over command of the French Forces. He has been decorated with the Legion of Honour, the Croix de Guerre, the T.O.E. with citations and other military honours.
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