Joseph Gallieni, French general mb-artist Ellis_&_Walery The cable was taken aboard

The cable was taken aboard two naval vessels detailed for the task by their respective governments - the American Niagara and the British Agamemnon

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This topical cartoon shows the only possible means of transport in London if the rain that had ruined the summer of 1860 had continued

William of Normandy

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Joseph Gallieni, French general mb-artist Ellis_&_Walery The cable was taken aboardJoseph Gallieni, French general, 1899. Joseph Simon Gallieni (1849 1916) was a French soldier, most active as a military commander and administrator in the French colonies, who came out of retirement to serve in the First World War. He has been credited with playing a decisive role in halting the German advance at the Battle of the Marne in 1914. At the time of this photograph he was serving as Governor of Madagascar. A photograph from Album de