Q:Facts: - caption: colonel borgnis-desbordes , photographed in 1886 - battles: sino-french war - death date: 19 july 1900 - allegiance: 18px france - commands: expeditionary of the french military territory of haut-senegal -lrb- 1880-1883 -rrb- forces in french indochina -lrb- 1885 -rrb- commandant-superior - rank: general de division - birth date: october 22 , 1839 - name: gustave borgnis-desbordes - branch: french army - image: gustave borgnis-desbordes appert bnf gallica.jpg - death place: hanoi , vietnam - birth place: provins , france Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of gustave borgnis-desbordes .
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gustave borgnis-desbordes -lrb- 22 october 1839 -- 18 july 1900 -rrb- was a french general .he was a major figure in the french imperial conquest of the french soudan , modern mali .he was '' commandant-superior '' of the french military territory of haut-senegal -lrb- french territory of upper senegal -rrb- , attached to the colonial government of senegal , 1880 to 1883 .