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    Auguste-Édouard Gilliaert (7 March 1894 – 10 May 1973) was a Belgian colonial lieutenant general who served in both world wars, and a commander of the...
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    Lt-Col/Col. Auguste Gilliaert, November 1939– December 1940 Lt-Gen. Paul Ermens, December 1940 – August 1944 Maj-Gen./Lt-Gen. Auguste Gilliaert, August 1944...
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    the Italians were cut off by the Free Belgian forces (Major-General Auguste Gilliaert) who had defeated the Italians at Asosa and Saïo. On 6 July, Gazzera...
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    which also acted as the colony's armed forces. He took over from Auguste Gilliaert who had commanded it since World War II. Since its creation, the entire...
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    pressure upon the Italian garrison. At the end of the month General Auguste Gilliaert took charge of the Belgian force. He was instructed by the British...
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  • were angry at the delay in taking action, but Maquet and General Auguste Gilliaert managed to calm the situation. As in Équateur, Maquet made social...
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    when he was cut off by the Free Belgian Forces of Major-General Auguste-Éduard Gilliaert. Commanding Officer, Brigade Basilicata – 1926 Commandant of War...
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    around 8,000 men of the Force Publique, under Major-General Auguste-Édouard Gilliaert, successfully cut off the retreat of General Pietro Gazzera's...
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    Campaign. In May 1941, the Force Publique, under Major-General Auguste-Éduard Gilliaert and Lt.-Col. Leopold Dronkers Martens, successfully cut off the...
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    army in Ethiopia in Asosa, Bortaï and Saïo under Major-General Auguste-Eduard Gilliaert. In May 1960, a growing nationalist movement, the Mouvement National...
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    in Asosa, Bortaï and in the Siege of Saïo under Major-general Auguste-Eduard Gilliaert during the second East African campaign of 1940–1941. On 3 July...
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