16 August, one of the three Senegalese tirailleurs who had survived reached Gentil and informed him of the battle. The Gentil Mission burned the town of Kouno, and confronted Rabih at the Battle of Kouno on 28 October 1899. The French were pushed back, suffering losses, but this did not prevent them from linking up with the other missions at Kousséri on 21 April 1900, in what today is northern Cameroon. The next day the three columns commanded by Major Amédée-François Lamy confronted Rabih az-Zubayr, who still controlled most of Chad. The French won the ensuing Battle of Kousséri, ensuring them control of most of Chad, but the battle cost both commanders their lives. Rabih's son succeeded him, but his empire soon disintegrated under sustained French expansion. This meant that the original expedition had now accomplished all its main aims: surveying the lands of Northern Nigeria and Niger (contributing to a clearer Franco-British delimitation of the colonial borders), uniting with the Foureau-Lamy mission and destroying Rabih's empire, which permitted the institution in September by the French government of the Military territory of Chad. In Lamy's honour, Émile Gentil, who was later its first French governor, named the capital of the new French territory of Chad Fort-Lamy. In 1973 the Republic of Chad renamed it N'Djamena. Governorship of French Congo On 5 February 1902 Gentil was named commissioner-general of the French Congo, residing at Brazzaville. Gabon's second-largest city was named Port-Gentil for him. Bibliography Ayakanmi Ayandele, Emmanuel (1979). Nigerian Historical Studies. Routledge, 130–131. . Gentil, Émile (1971). La chute de l'empire de Rabah. Hachette, 567–577. Pakenham, Thomas (1992). The Scramble for Africa. Abacus, 515–516. . Petringa, Maria. Brazza, A Life for Africa. Bloomington, IN: AuthorHouse, 2006. . Souzy, Marcel : Les coloniaux français illustres B. Arnaud Lyon vers 1940 See also Henri Bretonnet Mission Battle of Togbao 1899 Voulet-Chanoine Mission Paul Joalland Amédée-François Lamy Rabih az-Zubayr Battle of Kousséri Dar al Kuti External links French colonial governors and administrators People of French Equatorial Africa 1866 births 1914 deaths French Navy officers 19th century in Chad History of Gabon Burials at Père Lachaise Cemetery French city founders