Louis Victor Plessier, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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French soldier
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Place of Birth: Provins, Île-de-France, France
About Louis Victor Plessier
- Louis Victor Plessier (19 May 1856 – 27 August 1914) was a French general.
- Joining the army in 1874 Plessier fought in the Sino-French War and in Algeria.
- As a general in the First World War he led his brigade during the Battle of Mulhouse where he was wounded by German fire.
- Plessier, hit in three places in his spine, succumbed to his wounds eight days later in hospital.
- He is sometimes regarded as the first French officer to be killed during the war: although four other generals died before he did, his mortal wound was the first.
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