Marie Eug%C3%A8ne Debeney

MarieEugne Debeney was a French Army general. He commanded a corps at the Battle of the Somme then, in the second half of 1917, served as chief of staff to the French CommanderinChief Philippe Petain. He then commanded the First Army which, fighting alongside British Empire forces, played an important role in the mobile fighting of 1918, including at the Battle of Amiens and the Storming of the Hindenburg Line.

MarieEugne Debeney was born in BourgenBresse, Ain. A student at SaintCyr, MarieEugne Debeney became Lieutenant des Chasseurs in 1886.

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