Gustave Borgnis-Desbordes (22 October 1839 – 18 July 1900) was a French general. He was a major figure in the French Imperial conquest of the French Sudan...

comedian Gustave Borgnis-Desbordes (1839–1900), French general Henri Desbordes (died c.1722), French printer in Amsterdam Marceline Desbordes-Valmore (1786–1859)...

overtures to join the anti-French alliance. The French commander Gustave Borgnis-Desbordes, eager to possess this key strategic location on the Niger, rushed...

who had a garrison at Kita in present-day Mali. The commander Gustave Borgnis-Desbordes sent an envoy to Samory Toure to announce that Kiniéran, where...

including the important one established at Kayes in 1881 by Gustave Borgnis-Desbordes. Though the civilian administration of the French governor of...

Wassoulou came into regular conflict with France. In late 1881 Gustave Borgnis-Desbordes, commander of the French garrison at Kita in present-day Mali...

that prompted Colonel Borgnis-Desbordes to engage in retaliations against the Wassulu. With a column of 220 men, Borgnis-Desbordes engaged in several skirmishes...

city's leaders, Daye Kaba, fled to Kinieran. He reached out to Gustave Borgnis-Desbordes, commander of the French garrison at Kita, Mali, for protection...

Hưng Hóa to Chu, appointed Colonel Gustave Borgnis-Desbordes to the command of the 2nd Brigade. Borgnis-Desbordes soon effaced the memory of Herbinger's...

Mali, Guinea and the Ivory Coast.: 127, 130–133  In early 1882 Gustave Borgnis-Desbordes, commander of the French garrison at Kita in present-day Mali...

Upper Senegal) under Senegal 6 September 1880 to 3 September 1883 Gustave Borgnis-Desbordes, Commandant-Superior 3 September 1883 to 18 June 1884 Charles...

Bertier de Sauvigny (1782–1864), deputy and prefect of Calvados Gustave Borgnis-Desbordes (1839–1900), general, noted for his victories in the colonies...

In 1883 he participated in the Upper Senegal expedition under Gustave Borgnis-Desbordes. As a captain of the artillery and marine, he was named Chevalier...

1883 1 February: Town occupied by French forces under command of Gustave Borgnis-Desbordes. April: Battles of Woyowoyanko, Samory Toure's forces repulsed...

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Brière de l'Isle ordered his military protege Lieutenant Colonel Gustave Borgnis-Desbordes to launch a punitive expedition to the Niger and seize the small...

French column of 800 men under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Borgnis-Desbordes incurred heavy casualties (95 men killed and wounded) driving a strong...