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Gérard Leman

Belgian general

Died when: 69 years 283 days (837 months)
Star Sign: Capricorn

 

Gérard Leman

Gerard Mathieu Joseph Georges, count Leman (8 January 1851 – 17 October 1920) was a Belgian general.He was responsible for the military education of King Albert I of Belgium.

During World War I he was the commander of the forts surrounding the Belgian city of Liège.The German Forces had to use heavy artillery to break through the defences and capture Leman as a prisoner of War.

He was released at the end of the war and died a hero, in 1920.


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