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Achille Pierre Deffontaines
Achille Pierre Deffontaines (16 February 1858 – 26 August 1914) was a French general. He served in various metropolitan infantry regiments before becoming a staff officer in several divisions and army corps. Deffontaines became the youngest general in France on his promotion to général de brigade in 1913. He led the 24th Infantry Division into action in Belgium in one of the opening battles of the First World War. Deffontaines was shot in the head while commanding his troops in the field on 22 August and died in hospital four days later. He would become the youngest French general to die during the war.
== Early career ==
Deffontaines was born on 16 February 1858 at Bouvines, having been born into a family of farmers from the region. 〔 〕 He joined the Ecole Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr as an officer cadet on 30 October 1878. He was promoted to cadet first class on 22 December 1879 and to corporal on 21 March 1880. Deffontaines' graduation class was named for the Zulu race, which had recently fought in the Anglo-Zulu War, and he was commissioned into the 28th Infantry Regiment as a sous lieutenant on 10 October 1880.〔 He saw active service on campaign in Africa from 9 October to 15 December 1882. Deffontaines was promoted to lieutenant in the 87th Infantry Regiment on 12 July 1884 and transferred to the 101st Infantry Regiment on 29 February 1888.〔 He received promotion to captain on 12 July 1890 at which point he also became regimental adjutant, he ceased to hold the latter position on 20 November. Deffontaines transferred to the 11th Infantry Regiment on 1 May 1891.〔
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