Adolphe Guillaumat
| Marie Louis Adolphe Guillaumat | |
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| Born |
4 January 1863 Bourgneuf, Charente-Maritime |
| Died | 18 May 1940 (aged 77) Nantes, France |
| Allegiance |
 France
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| Service/branch | French Army |
| Years of service | 1884 - 1930 |
| Rank | Army General |
| Battles/wars | World War I |
| Relations | Pierre Guillaumat (son) |
Marie Louis Adolphe Guillaumat (January 4, 1863 – Nantes, May 18, 1940) was a French Army general during World War I.
Adolphe Guillaumat was born in Bourgneuf, Charente-Maritime. He graduated first from his class of 1884 at the Saint-Cyr military academy.
His early career was partly spent in the French Colonies (Algeria, Tunisia, Tonkin, China). He was appointed a sub-lieutenant of infantry in October 1884. Four years later he was promoted lieutenant. In November 1893 he became a captain and was transferred to the 147th infantry regiment. In 1903 he was appointed professor of military history at St. Cyr, and later became lecturer on infantry tactics at the École de Guerre. He was promoted lieutenant-colonel in 1907 and colonel in 1910. In January 1913, he was appointed Director of Infantry, and obtained the rank of Brigadier General in October of that year.
At the start of World War I, he was chief of Minister of War Adolphe Messimy's military cabinet. When the latter left office, Guillaumat was appointed as the head of the 33rd Infantry Division on August 30, 1914 and then of the 4th Infantry Division on December 9, 1914. He led the 1st Army Corps from February 25, 1915, and on December 15, 1916, he replaced Robert Nivelle as commander of the Second Army, when the latter was made commander-in-chief of the French Army.
Guillaumat was sent to replace General Sarrail as commander of the Allied Army of the Orient in Salonika in December, 1917. He laid the plans later executed by his replacement, General Franchet d’Esperey, and rebuilt the relations with France's allies somewhat damaged by his predecessor. Guillaumat was recalled to Paris on 17 June 1918 and replaced with Franchet d’Esperey.
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