Talk:René Belbenoît

Without making changes to the main article, I would like to make some notes about Belbenoit's military service, based on information in the Nook version of 'Dry Guillotine: Fifteen Years Amongst the Living Dead.' According to the introductory essay by Willaim LaVarre, written in 1937, Belbenoit joined the French army in Paris in 1914, soon after war was declared, and a month after his own father joined the army (page 8, Nook pagination). Belbenoit served for the entirety of the war as part of a fusil-mitrailleuse squad, receiving a promotion to Corporal in the town of Roulers, Belgium, just a few hours before Armistice was declared (page 9). Then as part of the French Army of Occupation, he joined the French Army of the East, and was deployed to Syria, where he received a promotion to Sergeant, and then a further promotion to Top Sergeant after the siege of Aleppo in 1920. At this point he fell ill with fever, was sent back to France, and was discharged from the French army in February, 1921 (page 9). Deshy2 (talk) 11:25, 18 August 2018 (UTC)