General Henrys Paul Prosper Henrys (or Paul-Prosper) (13 March 1862 – 6 November 1943)[1] was a French general.
In his early career, Henrys was stationed in French Algeria . In 1912, he participated in the French conquest of Morocco under general Hubert Lyautey . In May 1914, he received command over all French troops fighting in the Zaian War . Henrys was replaced by Colonel Joseph-François Poeymirau in July 1916 and was sent to fight the Germans on the Western Front .
Henrys commanded the French army on the Salonika front (L'Armée d'Orient ) in the final year of the First World War . Subsequently, he was the chief of the French Military Mission to Poland during the Polish-Soviet War .
Grades:
04/07/13 général de brigade 24/11/14 général de division Service history:
28/09/12-27/07/16 - cavalry commander of units in Morocco 27/07/16-20/05/17 - commander of 59th infantry division (reserve) 20/05/17-12/12/17 - commander of 17th army corps 31/12/17-01/04/19 - commander of the French army in the East (on the Balkan front) 01/04/19-30/09/20 - chief of the French Military Mission to Poland 28/06/22-13/03/24 - commander of 33rd army corps in the Rhineland . 13/03/24- placed in reserve References ^ Tucker, Spencer C. (2014). World War I: The Definitive Encyclopedia and Document Collection [5 volumes]: The Definitive Encyclopedia and Document Collection. ABC-CLIO. p. 751. ISBN 978-1-85109-965-8 . Retrieved 3 February 2020 .