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See also:DODDS, See also:ALFRED AMD$E (1842– ), See also:French See also:general, was See also:born at St See also:- LOUIS
- LOUIS (804–876)
- LOUIS (893–911)
- LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
- LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian
Louis, See also:Senegal, on the 6th of See also:February 1842; his See also:father's See also:family was of Anglo-French origin. He was educated at See also:Carcassonne and at St Cyr, and in 1864 joined the marine See also:infantry as a sub-See also:lieutenant. He was promoted See also:captain for his services during the disturbances in See also:Reunion in 1868–69, in the course of which he was wounded. He served as a See also:company See also:commander in the Franco-See also:German See also:War, was taken prisoner at See also:Sedan but escaped, and took See also:part in the See also:campaigns of the See also:Loire and of the See also:East. In 1872 he was sent to See also:West See also:Africa, and. except when on active service in See also:Cochin See also:China (1878) and Tong-See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King (1883), he remained on See also:duty in Senegal for the next twenty years, taking a prominent part in the operations which brought the countries of the Upper Senegal and Upper See also:Niger under French See also:rule. He led the expeditions against the Boal and Kayor (1889), the Serreres (1890) and the Futa (1891), and from r888 to 1891 was See also:colonel commanding the troops in Senegal. At the See also:close of 1891 he returned to See also:France to command the eighth marine infantry at See also:Toulon. In See also:April 1892 Dodds was selected to command the expeditionary force in See also:Dahomey; he occupied See also:Abomey, the hostile See also:capital, in See also:November, and in a second See also:campaign (1894) he completed the subjugation of the See also:country. He was then appointed inspector-general of the marine infantry, and after a tour of the French colonies was given the command of the XX. (Colonial) See also:Army See also:Corps, subsequently becoming inspector-general of colonial troops and a member of the Conseil superieur de guerre.
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