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Auguste Mercier (8 December 1833 – 3 March 1921) was a French general and Minister of War at the time of the Dreyfus Affair . General Auguste Mercier when Minister for War in 1894.
Auguste Mercier (né à Arras le 8 décembre 1833 et mort à Paris le 3 mars 1921) est un général français, ministre de la Guerre au moment de l'affaire Dreyfus.
Dec 11, 2009 · Also offstage, but waiting in the wings, were the top brass: General Auguste Mercier, the minister of war; Boisdeffre; Arthur Gonse, deputy chief of staff; and Lieutenant Colonel Jean Sandherr,...
PARIS, March 3.--General Auguste Mercier, former French Minister of War, died here today. General Mercier was War Minister at the beginning of the trial of Captain Dreyfus, instituting the ...
Aug 4, 2023 · On June 9 Dreyfus departed Devil’s Island—only to be arrested again on July 1 and imprisoned at Rennes, where he was to undergo his retrial. This began on Aug. 7, presided over by Gen. Mercier, who was still determined to maintain the guilty verdict, and attended by as much popular rancor as before.
General Auguste Mercier, still not satisfied, had the prefect of police appoint three new experts, Charavay, Pelletier, and Teyssonnières; Bertillon was put at their disposal to furnish them with photographic enlargements.
Auguste Mercier. Général français (Arras 1833-Paris 1921). Sorti de Polytechnique, il participe à la campagne du Mexique et à la guerre de 1870. Ministre de la Guerre dans les cabinets Casimir-Perier (1893-1894) et Dupuy (1894-1895), il fait traduire le capitaine Dreyfus en conseil de guerre (1894).
