Louis Brire de L'Isle (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Louis Alexandre Esprit Gaston Brire de l'Isle (24 June 1827 - 19 June 1897) was a French Army general who achieved distinction firstly as Governor of Senegal (1876-81), and then as general-in-chief of the Tonkin Expeditionary Corps during the Sino- French War (August 1884-April 1885). Louis Briere de l'Isle was born on 4 June 1827 in Martinique. In 1847 he graduated from Saint-Cyr and was made Sous lieutenant in the Troupes de marine, promoted to lieutenant in 1852 and captain in 1856. In the French colonial campaign in French Indochina, he was served as adjudant major du rgiment de marine (1859-1860). Stationed in Cochinchine from 1861 to 1866. In 1861 he received a citation in the ordre de l'arme for combat at the February Battle of K Ha, just west of Saigon.