Achille Pierre Deffontaines, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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French general
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Place of Birth: Bouvines, Hauts-de-France, France
About Achille Pierre Deffontaines
- Achille Pierre Deffontaines (16 February 1858 – 26 August 1914) was a French general.
- He served in various metropolitan infantry regiments before becoming a staff officer in several divisions and army corps.
- Deffontaines became the youngest general in France on his promotion to général de brigade in 1913.
- He led the 24th Infantry Division into action in Belgium in one of the opening battles of the First World War.
- Deffontaines was shot in the head while commanding his troops in the field on 22 August and died in hospital four days later.
- He was the youngest French general to die during the war.
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