Second Madagascar expedition
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The Second Madagascar expedition was a French military intervention which took place in 1894–1895, sealing the conquest of the Merina Kingdom on the island of Madagascar by France. It was the last pha
French infantry landing at Majunga, May 1895.
Second Madagascar expedition depicted in Le Petit Journal, with the legend: "Events of Madagascar. M. Le Myre de Vilers and the colons leaving the coast."
Medal of the Second Madagascar Expedition. Law of 15 January 1896. Musée de la Légion d'Honneur.
Madagascar French expeditionary troops.
First Madagascar expedition
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The First Madagascar expedition was the beginning of the Franco-Hova War and consisted of a French military expedition against the Merina Kingdom on the island of Madagascar in 1883. It was followed b
Second Madagascar expedition
…1894–1895, sealing the conquest of the Merina Kingdom on the island of Madagascar by France. It was the last phase of the Franco-Hova War and followed the First Madagascar expedition of 1883–1885. Madagascar was at the time an independent country, ruled from the capital of Antananarivo by the Merina dynasty from the central highlands…
Tamatave, bombarded and occupied by the French under Admiral Pierre, on 11 June 1883. Le Monde illustré, 1883.
A letter signed by Prince Rakoto (future Radama II) in 1854 was used by the French as justification to invade Madagascar.
Medal of the First Madagascar expedition. Musée de la Légion d'Honneur.