The argument is thus made that the document was designed to prevent the Germans from discovering the development of the French 75.
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In 1892 he was the object of an accusation made to the head of the staff, General Brault.
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In 1882 he was attached to the expedition sent to Tunis, during which he did nothing to distinguish himself; employed later in the Intelligence Department, then in the native affairs of the regency.
Later Lieutenant-General Georges Picquart, head of the Intelligence Service, found evidence that Major Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy had written the bordereau, not Dreyfus.
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