page_title: Gustave Borgnis-Desbordes
hierarchical_section_title: Gustave Borgnis-Desbordes
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Gustave Borgnis-Desbordes (1839 - 1900), militaire et explorateur français (Cochinchine et Soudan français).English: Gustave Borgnis-Desbordes (1839 - 1900), french officer and explorer (Cochinchina and french Sudan).
context_page_description: Gustave Borgnis-Desbordes was a French general. He was a major figure in the French Imperial conquest of the French Sudan, modern Mali. He was Commandant-Superior of the French Military Territory of Haut-Sénégal, attached to the colonial government of Senegal, 1880 to 1883.
context_section_description: Gustave Borgnis-Desbordes (22 October 1839 – 18 July 1900) was a French general. He was a major figure in the French Imperial conquest of the French Sudan, modern Mali. He was Commandant-Superior of the French Military Territory of Haut-Sénégal (French territory of Upper Senegal), attached to the colonial government of Senegal, 1880 to 1883.
caption: Colonel Borgnis-Desbordes, photographed in 1886
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