Faidherbe

This stronghold was defended by Paul Holl, who, for several months, without provisions or ammunition, held out until Colonel Faidherbe came to his relief.

Five Weeks in a Balloon 2003

Faidherbe laid the foundations for the eventual French conquest of the western Sudan.

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Under Faidherbe, the French also launched aggressive territorial expansion, using African troops.

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Faidherbe was instrumental in reviving French colonialism in Senegal.

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Based in St. - Louis, Faidherbe built a series of institutions designed to encourage African loyalty to French colonial ambitions, including special privileges for African Muslims and schools for chiefs 'sons.

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The Governor will haul me over the coals unmercifully -- you know him, that fat old Faidherbe?

The Shadow of the East

January, occurred the battle of Bapaume, and on the 19th of the same month the more disastrous engagement for the French of Saint Quentin, which finally crumbled up "the army of the north" under Faidherbe, which at one time almost looked as if it would have succeeded in raising the siege of Paris, by diverting the attention of the encircling force.

Fritz and Eric The Brother Crusoes

Faidherbe, the last of the generals on whom the French relied outside of

Fritz and Eric The Brother Crusoes

Faidherbe towing one oblong steel barge and one old steel boat, the other three boats sailing, all full of men.

The River War An Account of the Reconquest of the Sudan Winston S. Churchill 1919

Dinka country on the right bank of the river, pushed reconnoitring parties into the interior, prevented the Dinka Sheikhs from coming to make their submission at Fashoda, and sent his boats and the Faidherbe steam launch, which had returned from the south, beyond the northern limits which the Sirdar had prescribed and Marchand had agreed to recognise.

The River War An Account of the Reconquest of the Sudan Winston S. Churchill 1919