Louis Loyzeau de Grandmaison
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Louis Loyzeau de Grandmaison (born 21 January 1861 - died 18 February 1915) was a French
General
during World War I
, he was Chief of Operations for the General Staff
, where he promoted attaque à outrance
.
He was a member of Nichan Iftikhar
(Order of glory), a Tunisian honorary order.
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
General
General
A general officer is an officer of high military rank, usually in the army, and in some nations, the air force. The term is widely used by many nations of the world, and when a country uses a different term, there is an equivalent title given....
during World War I
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
, he was Chief of Operations for the General Staff
General Staff
A military staff, often referred to as General Staff, Army Staff, Navy Staff or Air Staff within the individual services, is a group of officers and enlisted personnel that provides a bi-directional flow of information between a commanding officer and subordinate military units...
, where he promoted attaque à outrance
Attaque à outrance
Attaque à outrance was the expression of a military philosophy common to many armies in the period before and during the earlier parts of World War I....
.
He was a member of Nichan Iftikhar
Nichan Iftikhar
Nichan Iftikhar or Atiq Nishan-i-Iftikhar or Nişan-i İftihar , was an Ottoman and Tunisian honorary order founded in 1835 by Al-Mustafa ibn Mahmud...
(Order of glory), a Tunisian honorary order.