Louis Archinard

Infobox Military Person
name=Louis Archinard


caption=General Archinard
born=11 February 1850
died=8 May 1932
placeofbirth=Le Havre, France
placeofdeath=Villiers-le-Bel, France
nickname=
allegiance=France
branch=French Army
serviceyears=1870-1915
1917-1919
rank=General de division
unit=
commands=32nd Infantry Division
battles=Franco-Prussian War
World War I
awards=Grand Cross of the Légion d'honneur
Médaille militaire
Croix de guerre 1914-1918
relations=
laterwork=

Louis Archinard (11 February 1850 - 8 May 1932) was a French General at the time of the Third Republic, who contributed to the colonial conquest of French West Africa. He was traditionally presented in French histories as the conqueror and "Pacifier" of French Soudan (today Mali).

Archinard's campaigns brought about the end of the Tukulor Empire. He also spent a large amount of energy fighting Samory Toure.

In 1897 Archinard was reassined to French Indochina.

Decorations

*Légion d'honneur
**Knight (25 August 1881)
**Officer (9 July 1889)
**Commander (11 July 1903)
**Grand Officer (30 December 1908)
**Grand Cross (11 July 1914)
*Médaille militaire (6 July 1919)
*Croix de guerre 1914-1918
*Médaille Interalliée de la Victoire.
*Médaille Commémorative de la Guerre 70-71.
*Médaille Commémorative de la Grande Guerre.
*Médaille Coloniale with agrafe "Soudan".

References

*Translation of French Wikipedia entry, May 2007
*E. Réquin, Archinard et le Soudan, Éditions Berger-Levrault, 1946
*Martine Cuttier, Portrait du colonialisme triomphant - Louis Archinard 1850-1932, Éditions Lavauzelle, 2006 - ISBN 2-7025-1297-6
* [http://courses.wcupa.edu/jones/his311/archives/sec/kanya3.htm A. S. Kanya-Forstner, The Conquest of the Western Sudan] (Cambridge University Press, 1969). Chapter VII. The `Total Conquest' of the Sudan, 1888-93.
*O'Toole, Thomas E., "Historical Dictionary of Guinea", (Metuchen, New Jersey: The Scarecrow Press, 1987) p. 18