Original: N'Djamena was founded as Fort-Lamy by French commander Émile Gentil on May 29 1900, and named after Amédée-François Lamy, an army officer who had been killed in the Battle of Kousséri a few days earlier.
Simplified: N'Djamena was founded as Fort-Lamy by the French commander Émile Gentil on May 29 1900. He was an army officer who had been killed in the Battle of Kousséri a few days earlier.