Pierre Joseph Dubois, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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French soldier
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Place of Birth: Sedan, Grand Est, France
About Pierre Joseph Dubois
- Pierre Joseph Dubois (21 November 1852 - 17 January 1924) was a French World War I general. He graduated at the École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr in 1872, and participated in the Pacification of Algeria in 1882 and Tunisia in 1885.
- He became commander of the 1st Cavalry Division in 1909 and at the start of World War I, he was at the head of the 9th Army Corps.
- He fought in the Battles of the Marne and Ypres before coming commander of the French Sixth Army between March 1915 and February 1916, when he was put into reserve.
- In June 1916 he received a new assignment as Commander of the 5th Military Region in Orléans.
- Put on the reservelist again in April 1917, he was reactivated in the summer of 1917 for a few months and took over the command of the 11th Military Region in Nantes.
- Here he prepared for the arrival of American troops in the ports of Brest and Saint-Nazaire.
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