biography
| name: |
Marchand, Jean Baptiste
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pronunciation:
[mah(r)shã]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1863–1934)
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| biography:
| Soldier and explorer, born in Thoissey, C France. He joined the army at 20, explored the Niger, W Sudan, and Ivory Coast, and caused a Franco-British crisis in 1898 by hoisting the tricolor at Fashoda on the White Nile. As a general he distinguished himself in World War 1. |
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