Antoine Henri de Mitry (

Leménil-Mitry Leménil-Mitry () is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in north-eastern metropolitan France.World War I World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War I, Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting to ...

. He entered the Ecole Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr in 1875, and afterwards joined the cavalry. A colonel in 1910, he commanded a brigade of

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at the outbreak of World War I. On 30 August 1914 he received command of the 2nd Cavalry Corps, with which he fought in the

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and the

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. On 15 February 1915, he became a division general. In April 1917, he participated at the head of the 6th Army Corps in the

Second Battle of the Aisne The Second Battle of the Aisne ( or , 16 April – mid-May 1917) was the main part of the Nivelle Offensive, a French Third Republic, Franco-British attempt to inflict a decisive defeat on the German Empire, German armies in France. The Entente ...

. From 6 July 1918 until 7 August 1918, he commanded the 9th Army; and from 23 October until the end of the war, the 7th Army. General de Mitry was a commandeur of the

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. He died in 1924 and was buried in the

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Mitry, Antoine de 1857 births 1924 deaths French Army generals of World War I 19th-century French military personnel French generals Commanders of the Legion of Honour