Jules Jacques de Dixmude
Congo Arab war
### Congo Arab war

From 1886–1892, the [Society of Missionaries of Africa](/wiki/White_Fathers "White Fathers") had founded [Catholic](/wiki/Roman_Catholic "Roman Catholic") missions at the north and south ends of [Lake Tanganyika](/wiki/Lake_Tanganyika "Lake Tanganyika"). Léopold Louis [Joubert](/wiki/L%C3%A9opold_Louis_Joubert "Léopold Louis Joubert"), a [French](/wiki/France "France") soldier and armed auxiliary, was dispatched by Archbishop [Charles Lavigerie](/wiki/Charles_Lavigerie "Charles Lavigerie")'s [Society of Missionaries of Africa](/wiki/White_Fathers "White Fathers") to protect the missionaries. The missionaries abandoned three of the new stations due to attacks by [Tippu Tip](/wiki/Tippu_Tip "Tippu Tip") and [Rumaliza](/wiki/Rumaliza "Rumaliza")."Il y a 80 ans, le 27 Mai 1927, Mourait le Captiaine Joubert" (in French). Lavigerie. Retrieved 2013\-04\-09\. By 1891 the [Zanzibari](/wiki/Zanzibar "Zanzibar") slavers had control of the entire western shore of the lake, apart from the region defended by Joubert around Mpala and St Louis de Mrumbi.Shorter, Aylward (2003\). "Joubert, Leopold Louis". Dictionary of African Christian Biography. Retrieved 2013\-04\-10\. The [anti\-slavery expedition](/wiki/Belgian_Anti-Slavery_Society "Belgian Anti-Slavery Society") under captain Jacques—financed by the [Belgian Anti\-Slavery Society](/wiki/Belgian_Anti-Slavery_Society "Belgian Anti-Slavery Society")—came to the relief of Joubert on 30 October 1892\. When the Jacques expedition arrived Joubert's garrison was down to about two hundred men, poorly armed with "a most miscellaneous assortment of chassepots, Remingtons and muzzle\-loaders, without suitable cartridges". He also had hardly any medicine left.... Captain Jacques asked Joubert to remain on the defensive while his expedition moved north. On 3 January 1892, captain Jacques' anti\-slavery expedition founded the fortress of [Albertville](/wiki/Kalemie "Kalemie") on the shores of [Lake Tanganyika](/wiki/Lake_Tanganyika "Lake Tanganyika"), and tried to put an end to the slave trade in the region. [Rumaliza](/wiki/Rumaliza "Rumaliza")'s troops surrounded Albertville on 5 April and besieged the outpost for 9 months. Eventually Rumaliza's forces had to retreat because of the arrival of the *Long\-Duvivier\-Demol* Anti\-Slavery expedition, a relief column sent from Brussels at captain Jacques's aide. In 1894 he returns to Belgium, he serves as a colonial official in the [Congo Free State](/wiki/Congo_Free_State "Congo Free State") from 1895 to 1898 and finally returns to the Congo Free State in 1902 to work on the railway line that connects Bas\-Congo to Katanga.


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