Alfred-Amédée Dodds

Alfred Amedee Dodds ( born February 6, 1842 in St. Louis, Senegambia, † July 18, 1922 in Paris) was a French officer who played a leading role in the colonization of West Africa by France.

Dodds appeared in 1862 in the Saint-Cyr military school and then in command of the German - Prussian War of 1870 /71, a company of Marines at Bazeilles. In 1875, he fought in Cayor, 1887/88 he was in Tonkin and participated, after he was promoted to colonel in 1887, to all military operations in Senegambia.

In May 1892 Dodds received the command of the expeditionary force sent by Dahomey, and took after victorious battles on 17 November a Abome the capital, after which he was appointed brigadier general. This victory was important for the consolidation of the French possessions in West Africa. The following year he undertook a new expedition to make the fugitive king Behanzin harmless, giving him through his capture in January 1894 succeeded.

After returning to France, he was given command of the 4th Marine Brigade in Toulon and was sent in February 1896 after Tonkin to take over the management of a planned expedition against the Black Flags. Recalled again In July 1896 he was appointed commander of the 2nd Marine Brigade in Brest 1897. In 1899 he was promoted to major general in 1900 and received the command of the troops of the 20th Army Corps in colonial Indochina. In 1907, he stepped over to the Reserve and served until 1914 in the autonomous high command for warfare.

Alfred Amedee Dodds died on July 18, 1922 in Paris.