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General Antoine Jules Joseph Huré (11 February 1873 - December 1949) was a French army officer and engineer noted for his service in Morocco. Huré joined the army as a volunteer in 1893 and after training at the École Polytechnique and École d'Application de l'Artillerie et du Génie he was commissioned into the 3rd Regiment of Engineers. He spent a number of years with his regiment and on staff appointments in France before transferring to Algeria first with the 19th Army Corps, and then the 15th Army Corps. In 1912 Huré transferred to the general staff in eastern Morocco and earned the Colonial Medal. Huré was recalled to France at the start of the First World War and was shot in the chest whilst serving with the 1st Moroccan Infantry Division, being mentioned in dispatches for continuing with his duties despite his wound. He was posted back to Morocco in 1916 to become military commander of the Fes region. In January 1919 he took over command of French operations against the uprising led by Sidi Mhand n'Ifrutant in the Tafilalt after General Joseph-François Poeymirau was wounded. Huré suppressed the uprising within a month. In April 1919 he led a column to the relief of a French garrison at Aïn Médiouna which had put up a defence against a Moroccan force twenty times their number for four days during another uprising against French rule. Huré then launched further operations that stabilised the military situation in the area within the month. In July he was appointed commander of French troops in Southern Morocco. Huré eventually reached the rank of général de division and became supreme commander of all French troops in Morocco. Under his supervision the country was finally pacified in 1934. He returned to France in 1935 to serve on the Supreme Council of War and was later made inspector general of engineers. He wrote two books on military history, including one on the pacification of Morocco that was published after his death. Huré was rewarded for his work by appointment as Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour and as Commander of the Order of Ouissam Alaouite. == Early career == Huré was born in Corbie in the Somme department of France on 11 February 1873, the son of Eugene Edouard Edmund Huré and Céline Clémence Marie Burgeat Huré. Huré joined the French Army as a volunteer on 20 October 1893 and became an officer candidate at the École Polytechnique in Paris until 1 October 1895 when he transferred to the École d'Application de l'Artillerie et du Génie (school of Applied Artillery and Engineering) as a sous lieutenant. He received his commission as a second lieutenant on 1 October 1897 and was posted to the 3rd Regiment of Engineers. He was promoted to first lieutenant on 20 November 1898 and captain on 16 March 1901. Huré was married on 11 April 1899 to Josephe Marie Magdaleine Francine, though the marriage was childless. Between 27 April 1901 and 22 August 1904 he was attached to the staff as an engineer at Valenciennes. He rejoined his regiment for two years before attending the École Supérieur de Guerre from 30 October 1906. He was promoted to first captain on 23 June 1907 and joined the staff of the 19th Army Corps in Algiers on 24 October 1908. He transferred to the staff of the 15th Army Corps on 24 December 1910 and on 24 April 1912 to the staff of the military subdivision of Oran.〔 Huré first arrived in Morocco on 9 October 1912 when he was attached to the general staff in the east of the new French protectorate and received the Colonial Medal for Morocco on 28 April 1914. On 3 August 1914 he became attached to the staff of the 1st Moroccan Infantry Division, being promoted to commandant (major) six days later, and served in the defence of France in the First World War. Huré was wounded in the left breast by a bullet on 28 August 1914 in Faissault and received a mention in dispatches for continuing his duties despite his injury. He was appointed a knight of the Legion of Honour on 28 December 1914, with precedence backdated to the 1 December.〔 Huré became chef de bataillon on 10 January 1916 when he left France to become military commander of the Fes region of Morocco and on 3 January 1918 was appointed an officer of the Legion of Honour, with precedence of 29 December 1917.〔 He was honoured for his service to the country by appointment as a commander of the Moroccan Order of Ouissam Alaouite and on 19 April 1918 he was promoted to lieutenant-colonel.〔 As a colonel in January 1919 he participated in an operation in the Tafilalt region, under the command of General Joseph-François Poeymirau, to put down an uprising against French rule led by Sidi Mhand n'Ifrutant as part of the Zaian War. After Poeymirau was wounded by the accidental explosion of an artillery shell Huré assumed command and won victories against bands of Moroccans at Zrigat and Erfoud.〔 Huré engaged n'Ifrutant at Tizimi on 25 January, comprehensively defeating his entrenched forces in a six-hour battle and inflicting 600 casualties.〔 Huré received reinforcements from a 10,000 strong irregular tribal force sent by Thami El Glaoui, Pasha of Marrakesh and a French ally, and with their help was able to defeat the n'Ifrutant uprising by 31 January.〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Antoine Huré」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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