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Abel Nicolas Georges Henri Bergasse Dupetit-Thouars (1832 - 1890) was a French sailor in the War of Crimea and a Knight of the Legion of Honor. As a Rear Admiral, he was in charge of the 1880 pacification of the Marquesas Islands. On the way back to France, he commanded the French Navy observation mission at the War of the Pacific. on the eve of the occupation of Lima by Chilean troops, being the senior officer of the powerful neutral feet at Callao, he decisively warned the occupation force against committing excesses; he is credited with having saved the city from destruction. |
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