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Place of Birth: Prats-de-Mollo-la-Preste, Languedoc-Roussillon, France
About Charles Rondony
- Charles Rondony (6 March 1856 – 22 August 1914) was a French general.
- Joining the metropolitan army as a private soldier in 1875 he rapidly rose through the ranks and was commissioned into the Troupes de marine (colonial army) in 1880.
- Serving in the Tonkin War in command of indigenous troops he was wounded during an attack on a fort, he was posted briefly to Senegal before returning to Tonkin in 1890.
- During the Pacification of Tonkin Rondony distinguished himself, being wounded twice in action, being cited in the order of the day, receiving the Tonkin and Colonial Medals and being appointed a commander of the Order of the Dragon of Annam.
- Returning to France in 1897 he was promoted to lieutenant-colonel and saw service in the Boxer Rebellion of 1900–01.
- Furthers postings in Tonkin and Madagascar followed before Rondony was promoted to général de brigade in France.
- Holding command of the 3rd Colonial Brigade upon the start of the First World War he led it in defeat at the Battle of Rossignol on 22 August 1914.
- Rondony and his divisional commander, Léon Amédée François Raffenel, were killed in action, the first French generals to die during the war.
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