Marc-Edmond Dominé [SEP] date of birth
Marc-Edmond Dominé
Marc-Edmond Dominé (21 June 1848 – 28 June 1921) was a French Army officer who served in the Franco-Prussian War, the Sino-French War, and in the various territories of the French colonial empire.
Early life.
Marc-Edmond Domine was admitted to the École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr in 1866.
Early Military Career.
In October 1868, following his graduation from the École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr, Dominé selected the infantry as
legionnaires and 160 Tonkinese riflemen under the command of "chef de bataillon" Marc-Edmond Dominé of the 2nd African Light Infantry Battalion. Duchesne left Tuyen Quang on 23 November, and on the following day Dominé formally declared Tuyen Quang to be in a state of siege. The siege of Tuyen Quang would last for just over four months.
Forces involved.
The new garrison of Tuyen Quang, just under 630 men strong, consisted of two companies of the 1st Battalion, 1st Foreign Legion Regiment (Captains de Borelli