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'''Pierre Auguste Roques'''  (28 December 1856 – 26 February 1920) was a French general and creator of the French air force.

==Biography==
Born to a modest family in [[Marseillan, Hérault]], his lively intelligence earned him a study grant that allowed him to prepare for the entrance examinations to the [[École Polytechnique]]. He entered the École Polytechnique in 1877 and became a friend of [[Joseph Joffre]]. Having chosen the military engineering branch of the army he was commissioned as an officer in 1879 (at that time, more engineering than military). During his colonial campaigns, he created a vast number of structures (railways, bridges, roads) in [[Tonkin]], [[Algeria]] and, above all, in [[Madagascar]]. According to historians, this island owes a large part of its infrastructure to Roques. By 1906, Roques had been promoted to the rank of [[brigadier general|''général de brigade'']].

As Director of Engineering, Roques was preoccupied from 1906 with the management of the new air service. He was the founder and organiser of French military aviation, and was appointed the Permanent Inspector of Military Aeronautics in 1910. The 1911 aeroplane contest in [[Reims]] - the world's first - was intended to allow the French military to evaluate and buy 'scientifically' its first aeroplanes. Roques decided the ''établissements d'aéronautique'' (aeronautical establishments) should be called ''escadrilles'' (squadrons) and ''aéroplanes'' should henceforth be called ''avions'', after the name chosen by [[Clément Ader]] for his own aircraft and in homage to this visionary engineer with whom he corresponded regularly. It was also Roques who initiated the ''carnet de vol'' (pilot's log book) system, still in use today. The names introduced by Roques quickly came to be generally accepted as part of the French [[lexicon]].

At the outbreak of the [[First World War]], he was the commanding general of the [[12th Army Corps (France)|12th Corps]]. By January 1915 he had become the commander of the [[First Army (France)|First Army]].

Roques was appointed Minister of War in March 1916 after it had been ensured that the Commander-in-Chief [[Joseph Joffre|Joffre]], who had been criticised by the previous incumbent [[Joseph Gallieni|General Gallieni]], had no objection to his appointment.<ref>Doughty 2005, p285</ref> Roques was sent on a fact-finding mission to [[Salonika front|Salonika]] after Britain, Italy and Russia had pushed for the dismissal of [[Maurice Sarrail|Sarrail]], the theatre commander. To the surprise of Prime Minister [[Aristide Briand|Briand]] and Joffre, Roques returned recommending that Sarrail's forces be built up to thirty divisions ready for an attack on Bulgaria. He did not specifically praise Sarrail, but recommended that Sarrail no longer report to Joffre. Coming on the back of the disappointing results of the [[Battle of the Somme|Somme campaign]] and the [[Romania during World War I|defeat of Romania]], Roques’ report further discredited Briand and Joffre and began the political manoeuvres which led to Joffre's removal.<ref>Doughty 2005, p318-20</ref> On 13 December Briand formed a new government, replacing Roques with [[Louis Hubert Gonzalve Lyautey|Lyautey]].<ref>Doughty 2005, p320-1</ref>

Subsequently, Roques served briefly as the commander of the [[Fourth Army (France)|Fourth Army]] and then as the Inspector General of Works and Organization for the French Army until February 1919.

[[File:colonelroques marseillan.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Statue of general Roques in Marseillan.]]

His war service exhausted him and he died at [[Saint-Cloud]] in 1920. Buried initially in his native Marseillan, his remains were transferred to the [[Hôtel des Invalides]] in [[Paris]].

==Awards==
*1912  -  Grand Officier de la Légion d'honneur
*1916  -  le Grand Croix de la Légion d'honneur
*1920  -  Médaille militaire  -  Épée d'honneur de la ville de Marseillan

==References==
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==Books==
* ((cite book|last=Doughty|first=Robert A.|title=Pyrrhic Victory|publisher=Harvard University Press|year=2005|isbn=978-0-674-02726-8))
*((cite book|first1=Jonathan|last1=Krause|first2=William|last2=Philpott|title=French Generals of the Great War: Leading the Way|isbn=978-1781592526|year=2023|publisher=[[Pen and Sword Books]]|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O9S4EAAAQBAJ))

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