kept the orders from Paris secret, and that they had made sure that the other officers were not present. Consequently, on July 14 Klobb proceeded with his men to Dankori, where Voulet waited. Klobb, after telling his men not to open fire under any circumstances, in full dress uniform and with his Légion d'honneur pinned on his chest, proceeded alone toward Voulet, who kept telling him to go back. To emphasise his warnings Voulet ordered two salvos fired in the air. When Klobb addressed Voulet's men, reminding them of their duties, Voulet threatened them with a pistol and ordered them to open fire. Klobb fell, wounded, still ordering Meynier not to return fire—but his words were truncated by a new salvo that killed Klobb and wounded his second, Octave Meynier, while Klobb's soldiers fled. References Arsène Klobb, Dernier carnet de route : au Soudan français ; rapport officiel de M. le gouverneur Bergès sur la fin de la mission Klobb, E. Flammarion, Paris, 1905. Arsène Klobb, Octave Meynier (préf. Albert Maitrot de La Motte-Capron, prés. Chantal Ahounou), À la recherche de Voulet : sur les traces sanglantes de la Mission Afrique centrale, 1898-1899, Cosmopole, Paris, 2001, nouv. éd. (1re éd. 1931), 229 p. 19th-century French military personnel People of French West Africa 1857 births 1899 deaths