Antoine Drude

{{Infobox military person

|name = Antoine Drude

|image =Généraux Drude (décoré aux Invalides), 14-11-1916 (cropped).jpg

|birth_date = {{birth date|1853|05|27|df=y}}

|birth_place = Condé, France

|death_date = {{death date and age|1943|01|7|1853|05|27|df=y}}

|death_place = Marseille, France

|allegiance = {{flag|France|1794}}

|branch ={{Army|France|1794}}

|rank = General

|battles = Boxer Rebellion
Bombardment of Casablanca (1907)

}}

Antoine Drude (aka Antoine Marius Benoît Drude: 27 May 1853 in Condé – 7 January 1943 in Marseille) was a French general.

He was the son of Magdeleine Honorine (née Clément) and Etienne Drude.{{cite web|title=Légion d'Honneur: Drude|url=http://www.culture.gouv.fr/LH/LH053/PG/FRDAFAN83_OL0808002v001.htm|website=Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication Gouvernement Français|publisher=Archives Nationales|access-date=27 September 2016|location=Paris, France|language=French|date=1943|id=Dossier: LH/808/2}} Drude entered the French Military in 1872{{cite news|title=86th Rég.|url=https://issuu.com/aaleme/docs/jorf19010922|access-date=27 September 2016|volume=33rd year|issue=257|publisher=Journal Officiel de la République Française|date=22 September 1901|location=Paris, France|page=6061|language=French}} and in 1892 commanded a company of the Foreign Legion in Dahomey. Between 1900 and 1901, he participated in the Boxer Rebellion in China, capturing{{cite web|title=Histoire: 1892–1893 – La Légion Etrangère pendant la campagne du Dahomey|url=http://www.legionetrangere.fr/index.php/la-fsale/le-president-de-la-fsale/79-infos-fsale/580-histoire-1892-1893-la-legion-etrangere-pendant-la-campagne-du-dahomey|website=Legione Trangere|publisher=Fédération des Sociétés d’Anciens de la Légion Etrangère|access-date=27 September 2016|location=Paris, France|language=French|date=2016}} Kao Peng on 7 November 1900, while heading three infantry companies and a field artillery section.{{cite journal|last1=Brun|first1=Jean-François|title=Intervention armée en Chine: l'expédition internationale de 1900–1901|journal=Revue historique des armées|date=2010|volume=258|pages=14–45|url=https://rha.revues.org/pdf/6914|access-date=27 September 2016|publisher=Service historique de la Défense|location=Château de Vincennes, France|language=French|issn=1965-0779}} In 1901, he became a lieutenant colonel, having participated in 14 campaigns. In 1907, he was appointed Brigadier General and commanding troops from Algeria, landed in Morocco on 7 August after the Bombardment of Casablanca. Drude was elevated to Major General in 1911 and in 1914 he became commander of the Division of Oran.

Drude was knighted on 9 July, 1892 and became a Grand Officer of the Legion of Honor in 1914.