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Jules Lewal

Jules Louis Lewal (13 December 1823 – 22 January 1908) was a French general, who also wrote scripts like Stratégie de combat (translation: Combat strategy).

He was born in Paris; entered the army in 1846; served in the Italian campaign of 1859, with the French troops in Mexico (1862), and, after cooperation with Adolphe Niel in the army reforms, in the Franco-Prussian War. He was promoted to brigadier general in 1874; became head of the Military Academy three years after.

From January to April 1885, he was Minister of War in Ferry's cabinet.^[1] In 1888 was appointed inspector general.

• La réforme de l'armée (1871)
• Études de guerre (1872 and 1890)
• Tactique (1875–83)
• Stratégie de marche (1893)
• Stratégie de combat (1895 sqq.)

• Gilman, D. C.; Peck, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). "Lewal, Jules Louis" . New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.

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