victory, and historians such as Georges Blond, Basil Liddell Hart, and Henri Isselin credited him with being the guiding intelligence, a claim disputed by Captain Lyet in his book “Joffre et Gallieni a la Marne” in 1938. Ian Senior describes "Gallieni's claims" as “absolute nonsense” and Lyet's book as “an excellent analysis which convincingly refutes" them. Joffre himself once remarked: "Je ne sais pas qui l'a gagnée, mais je sais bien qui l'aurait perdue." (I do not know who won it [the battle], but I know well who would have lost it."). Doughty writes of the Marne: “Gallieni’s role was important, but the key concept and decisions lay with Joffre”. Ethnology From the beginning of his colonial career he became interested in ethnology. He amassed a large collection of objects from French Sudan and Madagascar, which he donated to the Museum de Toulouse. References Notes Further reading Haythornthwaite, Philip J. (1994). The World War One Sourcebook. Arms and Armour Press, London. External links Newsreel of the British Pathé: Gallieni visits a hospital (c. 1914) Marshals of France Military governors of Paris 1849 births 1916 deaths People from Haute-Garonne French military personnel of the Franco-Prussian War French military personnel of World War I People of French West Africa Colonial Governors of French Madagascar People of the French Third Republic École Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr alumni French colonial governors and administrators French people of Italian descent French people of Lombard descent French Ministers of War