1. marchand, major a Frenchemissary in Africa; was sent in 1890 to explore the sources of the Niger and other districts, and was afterwards appointed to push on to the Nile, where he arrived in 1898, hoisting the Frenchflag by the way, and finally at Fashoda, from which he was recalled; with extremedisgust he was obliged to retire and find his way back to France; b. 1863.
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