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unusual facts about Voulet-Chanoine Mission



Jean-François Klobb

On July 10, after a pursuit of over 2000 kilometres, Klobb arrived at Damangara, near Zinder, where the villagers informed him that Voulet and his men were just a few hours march ahead.

Promoted Lieutenant-Colonel, he was made chief administrator of Timbuktu; he held this position when he met there in 1898 Captain Paul Voulet, commander of the Voulet-Chanoine Mission marching to Lake Chad, whom he provided him with 70 Senegalese Tirailleurs and 20 spahi cavalry (both colonial troops recruited in West Africa).

Octave Meynier

Only a few days later a mutiny among the troop brought to Voulet and Chanoine's death, and Meynier became mith Paul Joalland commander of the expedition, completing its main goal, the union of French West Africann possessions.


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