Henri Niessel
| Henri Niessel | |
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| Born | 24 October 1866 |
| Died | 26 December 1955 (aged 89) |
| Allegiance |
 France
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| Rank | Lieutenant-General |
| Battles/wars | World War I |
| Other work | Translator of von Clausewitz |
Henri Albert Niessel (24 October 1866 – 26 December 1955) was a French general.
Niessel was commander of IX Corps.
Niessel was a Russian speaker. In August 1917 Foch (Chief of the General Staff) sent him to lead the French Military Mission in Russia, then a Republic under the Provisional Government, in the hope that he could rebuild the Russian Army by repeating Berthelot’s success in rebuilding the Romanian Army. Niessel later oversaw the withhdrawal of German Freikorps troops who had entered Latvia and Lithuania as part of Pavel Bermondt-Avalov's West Russian Volunteer Army.
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