François Anthoine (General)
François Paul Anthoine (born February 28, 1860 in Le Mans , † December 25, 1944 in Paris ) was a French officer, most recently Général de division .
Life
Anthoine was trained at the École polytechnique and the École d'application de l'artillerie et du genie and then served as an artillery officer in the mother country as well as in Africa and Tonkin . In 1889 he was promoted to captaincy . After his promotion to colonel in 1910, he commanded the 48th artillery regiment. In 1911 he was appointed a member of the technical committee of the General Staff and in December 1913 promoted to Général de brigade .
At the beginning of the First World War he served as Chief of Staff in Noël de Castelnau's 2nd Army . On October 8, 1914 he took over command of the 20th Infantry Division, which was deployed in the area around Arras , while being promoted to the temporary Général de division . He led this until September 1915, when he was given command of the X Army Corps. With this he was deployed in the Argonne until mid-1916 . He then took part in the battle of the Somme with the corps . At the end of March 1917, he received command of the 4th Army , with which he attacked during the Nivelle offensive in the west of Champagne . In June 1917 he took over the 1st Army , which was used in the Third Battle of Flanders to protect the left flank of the British Army. In December 1917 he was appointed to the Grand Quartier Général , where he became Chief of Staff of the Armies of the North and Northeast under Philippe Pétain . In July 1918 he had to give up the post again after he was made the scapegoat for the German breakthrough on the Aisne . He was initially held at disposal and in October 1918 appointed inspector of works in the zone des armées .
After the war, from March 1919 to April 1920, he supervised the prisoners of war in the liberated areas. Before leaving in 1921, he headed a study commission. He died in 1944 at the age of 84.
literature
- Spencer C. Tucker : World War I: The Definitive Encyclopedia and Document Collection. ABC-CLIO, 2014, ISBN 978-1-85109-964-1 , p. 107 f.
Web links
- François Anthoine on firstworldwar.com
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Anthoine, François |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Anthoine, François Paul (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French officer, most recently Général de division |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 28, 1860 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Le Mans |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 25, 1944 |
| Place of death | Paris |