See also:

• BARON
• BARON (1835-1895)
• BARON, MICHEL (1653—1729)

BARON See also:

• FRANCIS
• FRANCIS (FRarrcols) OF SALES, ST (1567-1622)
• FRANCIS (Lat. Franciscus, Ital. Francesco, Span. Francisco, Fr. Francois, Ger. Franz)
• FRANCIS, SIR PHILIP (174o-1818)

FRANCIS See also:

• BARON FRANCIS DHANIS (1861-1909)

DHANIS (1861-1909)  , Belgian See also:

• ADMINISTRATOR

administrator, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

• LONDON

London in 1861 and passed the first fourteen years of his See also:

• LIFE

life at See also:

• GREENOCK

Greenock, where he received his See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• EDUCATION

education . He was the son of a Belgian See also:

• MERCHANT (O. Fr. marcheant, modern marchand; from Lat. mercari, to trade, merx, goods, merchandise)

merchant and of an Irish See also:

• LADY (0. Eng. hlaefdige, Mid. Eng. ldfdi, lavedi; the first part of the word is hldf, loaf, bread, as in the corresponding hldford, lord; the second part is usually taken to be from the root dig-, to knead, seen also in " dough "; the sense development fr

lady named Maher . The name See also:

• DHANIS, FRANCIS, BARON (1861-1909)

Dhanis is supposed to be a variation of D'Anvers . Having completed his c-ducation at the Ecole Militaire he entered the Belgian See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army, joining the See also:

• REGIMENT (from Late Latin regimentum, rule, regere, to rule, govern, direct)

regiment of grenadiers, in which he See also:

• ROSE
• ROSE (Rosa)
• ROSE, GEORGE (1744-1818)
• ROSE, HUGH JAMES (1795—1838)
• ROSE, WILLIAM STEWART (1775-1843)

rose to the See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank of See also:

• MAJOR
• MAJOR (Lat. for " greater ")
• MAJOR (or MAIR), JOHN (1470-1550)

major . As soon as he reached the rank of See also:

• LIEUTENANT

lieutenant he volunteered for service on the See also:

• CONGO

Congo, and in 1887 he went out for a first See also:

• TERM

term . He did so well in See also:

• FOUNDING (from Lat. fundere, to pour)

founding new stations See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north of the Congo that, when the See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government decided to put an end to the Arab domination on the Upper Congo, he was selected to command the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief expedition sent against the slave dealers . The See also:

• CAMPAIGN

campaign began in See also:

• APRIL

April 1892, and it was not brought to a successful conclusion till See also:

• JANUARY

January 1894 . The See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

story of this See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war has been told in detail by Dr See also:

• SYDNEY

Sydney Hinde, who took See also:

• PART

part in it, in his See also:

• BOOK

book The Fall of the Congo See also:

• ARABS

Arabs . The See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal achievements of the campaign were the captures in See also:

• SUCCESSION (Lat. successio, from succedere, to follow after)

succession of the three Arab strongholds at Nyangwe, Kassongo and Kabambari . For his services Dhanis was raised to the rank of See also:

• BARON
• BARON (1835-1895)
• BARON, MICHEL (1653—1729)

baron, and in 1895 was made See also:

• VICE

vice-See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor of the Congo See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

State . In 1896 he took command of an expedition to the Upper See also:

• NILE
• NILE, BATTLE OF THE
• NILE, SOBAT

Nile . His troops, largely composed of the Batetela tribes who had only been recently enlisted, and who had been irritated by the See also:

• EXECUTION (from Lat. ex-sequor, exsecutus, follow or carry out)

execution of some of their chiefs for indulging their cannibal proclivities, mutinied and murdered many of their See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

white See also:

• OFFICERS

officers .

Dhanis found himself confronted with a more formidable adversary than even the Arabs in these well-armed and See also:

• HALF

half-disciplined mercenaries . During two years (1897–1898) he was constantly engaged in a life-anddeath struggle with them . Eventually he succeeded in breaking up the several bands formed out of his mutinous soldiers . Although the incidents of the Batetela operations were less striking than those of the Arab war, many students of both think that the Belgian See also:

• LEADER, BENJAMIN WILLIAMS (1831– )

leader displayed the greater ability and fortitude in bringing them to a successful issue . In 1899 Baron Dhanis returned to See also:

• BELGIUM
• BELGIUM (Fr. Belgique; Flem. Belgic)

Belgium with the honorary rank of vice governor-See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general . He died on the 14th of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1909 .