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Georges Louis Humbert

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HUMBERT, GEORGES LOUIS French general, was born at Gazeran (Seine et Oise) on April 8, 1862, and entered the military academy of St. Cyr in Oct. 1881. In March 1912 he was made a general of brigade, and in 1913 was sent to Morocco. On the outbreak of the World War he was given command of the 1st Moroccan division, which he held during the battle of the Marne. On Oct. 27, 1914 he was confirmed in the rank of general of division and given command of the XXXII. Army Corps. On July 22, 1915 he took over the III. Army. In Oct. 1919 he was appointed governor of Strasbourg and com mandant of the Alsace territory, and in the January following was made a member of the superior war council.

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