Name Jules Lewal | Died January 22, 1908 | |
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Jules Louis Lewal (13 December 1823 – 22 January 1908) was a French general.
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Biography
He was born in Paris; entered the army in 1846; served in the Italian campaign of 1859, with the French troops in Mexico (1862), and, after cooperation with Adolphe Niel in the army reforms, in the Franco-Prussian War. He was promoted to brigadier general in 1874; became head of the Military Academy three years after; in 1885 was Minister of War in Ferry's Cabinet; and in 1888 was appointed inspector general.
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