Word: gracieux
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...first time the army cordon around the insurgent stronghold in the heart of Algiers kept out the Algiers mob and most of the rebels' outside support. The marked stiffening of the army's attitude followed the sudden replacement of Brig. Gen. Jean Gracieux by Brig. Gen. Kleber Toulouse as on-the-spot commander. Gracieux was sent back to the countryside to fight the Algerian nationalist rebels...
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