Joseph-François Poeymirau
French general (1869–1924)
Joseph-François Poeymirau (8 November 1869 – 22 February 1924) was a French general.
Childhood
Poeymirau was born in Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques on 8 November 1869 and was the son of André Adolphe Poeymirau, a businessman, and his wife Delphine Rocacher. He studied at the Collège Stanislas de Paris, then the Military School of Saint-Cyr Coetquidan before being accepted to the War College.
French conquest of Morocco
Poeymirau commanded 30,000 men and reported initial success in his 1920 expeditions.[1]
References
- ^ "Spain's Moroccan Reverses". Current History. 14 (6): 1052. 1921. ISSN 2641-080X. JSTOR 45326261.
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- First Franco-Moroccan War (1844)
- Hispano-Moroccan War (1859–60)
- First Melilla War (1893–94)
- Second Franco-Moroccan War (1907–12)
- Second Melilla War (1909)
- Zaian War (1914–21)
- Rif War (1921–26)
- Bombardment of Salé (1851)
- Bombardment of Casablanca (1907)
- Battle of Wolf Ravine (1909)
- Bloody Days of Fes (1912)
- Battle of Sidi Bou Othman (1912)
- Battle of El Ksiba (1913)
- Battle of El Herri (1914)
- Battle of Annual (1921)
- Alhucemas Landing (1925)
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- Treaty of Tangier (1844)
- Treaty of Wad Ras (1860)
- Treaty of Fes (1894)
- Algeciras Conference (1906)
- Pact of Cartagena (1907)
- Morocco–Congo Treaty (1911)
- Treaty of Fes (1912)
- Franco-Spanish Treaty (1912)
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