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Coming out of Saint-Cyr as a 20 year old major in 1869, Fernand de Langle's Cary began his military career in the staff of general Trochu in 1870. He was very seriously wounded in the battle of Buzenval. Starting on the battlefield, his career would end up on the battlefield in 1917...

In 1914, Joffre gave him command of the Fourth Army. On August 27, 1914, it was he who gave the first blow against the German advance in the battle of the Meuse. Then, was the victory of the Marne, with the release of Vitry-le-Francois It was this army that was given the lead role in the two offensives of 1915 Champagne.

In December 1915, he was called to the command of the armies of the center which was comprised of almost a million men Beginning in February 1916, it attached the Region fortified of Verdun. On 24 February, he made a decision that would save Verdun: the decline in Woevre. But for much more political than military reasons, it was used as a fuse and he therefore departed from the front. He died near Lorient in 1927, and his ashes were transferred to the Invalides in 1931.