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collaboration between the army and civilians. The military commanders would try to gain support from the local people for the imperialist process of pacification. The effective strength of Begin's forces was much lower than the paper numbers, in part due to the demands of special services, but mostly due to sickness, with large numbers dying, in hospital or repatriated. In 1888 Begin estimated that in order to have 8,000 active
European riflemen he needed a nominal force of 15,000. In July 1888 Begin gave high praise to a detailed plan for pacifying the northern cantons submitted by
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think now of deposing him. We must avoid touching the edifice, because the mandarins will take the opportunity to again push the people to revolt, telling him that we want to overturn everything ... We must live with the evil and avoid any further irritation ... The first requirement is to place beside the King, both in
Cambodia and in Cochinchina, men who did not take part in the events of 17 June. Norodom will never pardon Mr. Thomson for having humiliated and abused him in the presence of his Ministers and of his Court.
277:, showed that a well-armed militia that was active in gathering intelligence could be effective in combating bandits. The army responded by accusing Neyret of hiding intelligence from the army. Neyret in turn accused the 4th Regiment de Tirailleurs Tonkinois, which had been recruited in Hai Duong, of having sold arms to the rebels. Begin demanded an inquiry, showed that Neyret had no evidence for his accusation, and asked for his transfer. The Governor General of French Indochina,
197:. In 1868 he returned to France and rejoined the fusiliers training battalion. On 1 January 1869 he was Adjutant-major of the 2nd Marine Infantry Regiment in Brest. He was appointed Major, or Chef de bataillon, on 16 March 1870. He returned to Cochinchina, where he was appointed senior commander in the western provinces. In 1872 he suppressed a rebellion in the
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was humiliated and abused. A very hard treaty was imposed on him by force... The Queen Mother, for whom he professes deep respect and filial piety, would not have not forgiven him for accepting without struggle the humiliation we imposed ... even admitting the implicit guilt of the King, one cannot
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as acting governor. Richaud was more sympathetic to the army, and defined its role as being to repel attacks and suppress rebellion, while that of the militias was to maintain the peace through police action. Bégin agreed with a proposal by
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committee of inspectors general of naval troops. On 1 January 1894 he was
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