Colonel Picquart

Colonel Picquart (1854-1914), full name Marie-Georges Picquart, was a French military officer. He was distinguished as a student at the military schools. He served in Algiers. He became a captain in 1880, was appointed to the War Office in 1885, and served with distinction in Tonquin. After that he became professor at the Military School, but rejoined the War Office in 1893, and was made head of the Intelligence Department in 1896. Moved by certain discoveries affecting Esterhazy, he began to inquire into the Dreyfus case, which led to his removal out of the way to Tunis. However, he returned and exposed the proceedings against Dreyfus, with the result that a revision was demanded, and the charge confirmed.

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