The Dreyfus Affair by Piers Paul Read Read Free Book Online

bordereau may have been one of the interns ( stagiaires ).
     
    André, General Louis
    Minister of War, 1900–November 1904.
     
    Arconati-Visconti, Marquise Marie (née Peyrat)
    Dreyfusard salonnière who befriended Dreyfus after his pardon. Both Joseph Reinach and Émile Combes belonged to her circle.
     
    Barrès, Maurice
    Anti-Dreyfusard journalist and intellectual. Covered the Rennes court martial for Le Journal . One of the founders in 1899 of the Ligue de la Patrie Française to oppose the Ligue des Droits de l’Homme.
     
    Bastian, Mme Marie-Caudron
    Cleaning lady at the German Embassy on the rue de Lille. Recruited by Martin-Joseph Brücker as an agent for the French secret service. Delivered the contents of the Embassy’s waste-paper baskets to Commandant Joseph Henry.
     
    Beauvais, Captain Charles
    Judge at the Rennes court martial.
     
    Bertillon, Alphonse
    Chief of the Judicial Identification Department at the Paris Prefecture of Police. Judged the bordereau to have been written by Alfred Dreyfus.
     
    Bertulus, Judge Paul
    A civilian examining magistrate. Consulted by General de Pellieux on the legality of seizing Esterhazy’s letters to Mme de Boulancy, and the first civilian legal officer to be drawn into the Affair.
     
    Billot, General Jean-Baptiste
    Minister of War, April 1896–June 1898. Friend of Auguste Scheurer-Kestner. Anti-Dreyfusard.
     
    Biot, Commandant Octave
    Former officer in the territorial army who wrote for La Libre Parole on military matters under the pseudonym Commandant Z, often in collaboration with Esterhazy.
     
    Boisdeffre, General Raoul François Charles le Mouton de
    Chief of the Army General Staff, September 1893–September 1898. Architect of the Franco-Russian alliance.
     
    Boulancy, Mme de
    One-time mistress of Charles Esterhazy.
     
    Bréon, Major Lancrau de
    A judge at the Rennes court martial. Devout Catholic.
     
    Brogniart, Lieutenant-Colonel François
    A judge at the Rennes court martial.
     
    Brücker, Martin-Joseph
    Low-life agent working for Commandant Henry. He recruited Mme Bastian.
     
    Casimir-Perier, Jean
    Prime Minister, April–December 1893. Chosen as President in June 1894 after assassination of Sadi Carnot. Resigned in January 1895, disillusioned by his inability to control or influence government.
     
    Cassagnac, Paul de
    Editor of L’Autorité . Member of anti-Semitic faction in the Chamber of Deputies.
     
    Castro, Jacques de
    Parisian stockbroker of South American origin.
     
    Cavaignac, Godefroy
    Minister of War, November 1895–April 1896. Anti-Dreyfusard.
     
    Chamoin, General Eugène
    Representative of the Ministry of War at Dreyfus’s second court martial in Rennes.
     
    Chanoine, General Charles
    Minister of War, September–October 1898.
     
    Clemenceau, Georges
    Radical politician. Compromised by the Panama Canal scandal. Founder of L’Aurore . Prominent Dreyfusard.
     
    Cochefert, Commissaire Armand
    Head of CID at the Sûreté Générale seconded to the Statistical Section.
     
    Combes, Émile
    Prime Minister, June 1902–January 1905. Militant anti-clerical.
     
    Cordier, Commandant Albert
    Deputy Commander of the Statistical Section at the time of Dreyfus’s arrest.
     
    Cuers, Richard
    French spy working for German military intelligence, the Nachrichtenbureau.
     
    Cuignet, Captain Louis
    Officer who collated the secret dossier for the Ministers of War Billot and Cavaignac. Anti-Dreyfusard.
     
    Demange, Edgar
    Dreyfus’s first lawyer.
     
    Déroulède, Paul
    Poet and politician. Founded the Ligue des Patriotes. Anti-Dreyfusard but not anti-Semitic.
     
    Dreyfus, Alfred
    Captain in the artillery. Candidate for the General Staff.
     
    Dreyfus, Camille
    Radical Deputy. Fought a duel with Marquis de Morès. Founded Le Matin .
     
    Dreyfus, Jacques
    Eldest brother of Albert Dreyfus.
     
    Dreyfus, Jeanne
    Daughter of Alfred Dreyfus, born 1893.
     
    Dreyfus, Lucie
    Née Hadamard. Wife of Alfred Dreyfus.
     
    Dreyfus, Mathieu
    Elder brother