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In the early 1880s however, the French colonial faction, the right-wing Catholic lobby and Réunion parliamentarians all advocated an invasion of Madagascar in order to suppress British influence there. [3] The non-respect of the Lambert Charter and the letter to Napoleon III were used by the French as the pretext to invade Madagascar in 1883. [2]
Forfait participated in the First Madagascar expedition that failed to seize control of the island. Roland and Magon were both sent to reinforce French forces during the Sino-French War, but the conflict had ended by the time they arrived. The ships served for another decade, frequently with the North Atlantic Squadron, and by the late 1890s ...
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In the Berlin Treaty, the British accepted the claims of France to exert its influence on Madagascar, and after the first Franco-Hova Wara treaty of alliance between France and Madagascar was signed on 17 December 1885 by Queen Ranavalona III, granting France a protectorate over the Diego-Suarez bay and surrounding territory, as well as the ...
She arrived there in late 1885, as the First Madagascar expedition was nearing its close; when the conflict ended in December that year, Nielly was sent to neighboring Zanzibar to announce the establishment of a French protectorate over Madagascar. [14] In 1887, Nielly replaced the cruiser Naïade as the flagship of the Indian Ocean division. [15]
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France invaded Madagascar in 1883, in what became known as the first Franco-Hova War, seeking to restore the cancelled concessions. With the signing of the Treaty of Tamatave in January 1886, the war ceased. Madagascar ceded Antsiranana (Diego-Suarez) on the northern coast to France and paid a hefty fine of 10 million francs.
Camille Mortenol, student officer at the École polytechnique de Paris, 1880. Sosthène Héliodore Camille Mortenol began his external studies under the Brothers of Christian Instruction 's primary school on rue Schoelcher in Pointe-à-Pitre and then began at the diocesan seminary-college in Basse-Terre founded by Monsignor Pierre Lacarrière ...