"Charles Rondony"@en . . . . . "France" . "1875Z"^^ . . . . "1875Z"^^ . . . . . . "Charles Rondony (6 March 1856 \u2013 22 August 1914) was a French general. Joining the metropolitan army as a private soldier in 1875 he rapidly rose through the ranks and was commissioned into the Troupes de marine (colonial army) in 1880. Serving in the Tonkin War in command of indigenous troops he was wounded during an attack on a fort, he was posted briefly to Senegal before returning to Tonkin in 1890."@en .