Later Career
Brunet rose to the rank of General in the French army over the next 17 years. In 1898, Chanoine, his former senior officer in the Japan mission, was Minister of War, and Brunet became his Chief of Staff ("Chef de l'état-major du ministre de la Guerre").
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