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Edouard Ferdinand JamontFrench general.
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French General
General in the French Army, he participated in the Crimean, Austro-Italian-French, and Franco-Prussian wars.
Conquest of Tonkin
In 1885, he was appointed commander-in-chief of French forces in Tonkin (northern Vietnam) and completed its conquest.
Inspector General of the Army
In 1895, he succeeded General Galliffet as Inspector General of the French Army.
Resignation in Protest
In 1900, dissatisfied with the changes in army personnel made by War Minister General Galliffet in Waldeck-Rousseau's cabinet, which aimed to give the army a more pro-republican character, he resigned.
