Infantry Regiment lost 2,500 killed and wounded, the 2nd lost 2,850, the 3rd 2,085 and the 7th 1,500. Of Raffenel's cavalry, the 3rd African Chasseurs Regiment, there remained just one and a half squadrons fit for duty. Both Raffenel and the commander of the 3rd Colonial Brigade, General Charles Rondony, were killed in action that day and General Montignault, commanding the 1st Colonial Brigade, was wounded and taken prisoner. Raffenel, who had been shot, and Rondony were the first French general officers to die during the war. His body was discovered after the battle by Captain Hartmann of the 3rd Colonial Infantry Regiment but was later recovered and buried at Tintigny by the German forces. References 1856 births 1914 deaths French generals French military personnel killed in World War I Commandeurs of the Légion d'honneur Recipients of the Order of the Dragon of Annam