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le glay photographed in the early 1920s 1887/8 -1918 french army 3 april 1936 casablanca , morocco bordeaux , france france 225 zaian war 1868 maurice le glay.jpg maurice le glay
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maurice le glay

maurice le glay -lrb- 1868 -- 3 april 1936 -rrb- was a french army officer and author of works on morocco .
he served as an artillery and political officer in algeria , tunisia and morocco before retiring to a civil post in 1918 so that he could begin a literary career .
he wrote numerous journal articles and several books including a description of the french defeat at the battle of el herri .
he was a strong admirer of the berber people , though he was criticised for inspiring the political division of the berber and arab peoples in morocco .
he retired to casablanca , where he died and was honoured with a street named in his memory .
