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  • Géraud Réveilhac
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  • Born on 16 February 1851 in Aurillac, France, Réveilhac went on to pass through the Ecole Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr in August 1870, as a Sub-lieutenant. He became a prisoner of the Prussians in December the same year, but was released on 8 January the following year. He took part in putting down the uprising in Limoges in April 1871, garnering praise from his superiors. Réveilhac was regularly promoted, being sent to Indochina to command a company in 1889, and was made Général de brigade on 21 December 1909 as commanding officer of the 42nd Infantry Brigade. He was preparing for retirement by 1914 when World War I broke out.
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  • Born on 16 February 1851 in Aurillac, France, Réveilhac went on to pass through the Ecole Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr in August 1870, as a Sub-lieutenant. He became a prisoner of the Prussians in December the same year, but was released on 8 January the following year. He took part in putting down the uprising in Limoges in April 1871, garnering praise from his superiors. Réveilhac was regularly promoted, being sent to Indochina to command a company in 1889, and was made Général de brigade on 21 December 1909 as commanding officer of the 42nd Infantry Brigade. He was preparing for retirement by 1914 when World War I broke out.