French general and a defender of Verdun who visited Funchal in November 1921 to attend the transfer to France of the remains of the sailors of the gunboat Surprise, torpedoed in Funchal harbour.
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26 November 1921–28 November 1921
General Mangin visited Funchal aboard the cruiser Jules Michelet, which left for France with the remains of the Surprise sailors after a procession from the Angústias cemetery.
