Editing Andrien Duchamps (section)

==Miltary Career==
In April 1938 Duchamps joined the settler militia the "Blue Coats". Duchamps first saw combat at the Battle of Khenifa, as his unit took control of a settlement that had been occupied by the  Jayesh Al'ajdad. Soon afterward, the Blue Coasts were attacked by armed cavalry forcing them into a nearby stone fort. According to Duchamps, his unit held on to the fort for 8 hours before native Tirailleurs overwhelmed the Jayesh Al'ajdad. Eventually, Duchamps was promoted to colonel as the Blue Coats were absorbed into the Brissican Army. Through 1939, Duchamp's unit raided a number of native villages taking large amounts of prisoners. {{efn| According to multiple sources of the time, Duchamp's unit destroyed between 10-15 villages and rounded up and executed between 200-350 male prisoners. Duchamps claims that he only acted in self-defense and that most natives were "ecstatic to be liberated".}}Duchamps was involved in the Battle of Lennes, where a large force of Jayesh Al'ajdad attempted to capture the city of Lennes. At the battle, Duchamps made a crucial cavalry charge that led to the collapse of the Jayesh Al'ajad position and the eventual defeat of the rebellion a month later. For this Duchamps became a national hero, with his charge being commemorated in national folklore. 
[[File:Battle of Lennes.jpg|thumb|Andrien Duchamps leading cavalry at the Battle of Lennes.]]
Duchamps remained in Moudjerria for the next decade, eventually becoming a military governor from 1949 to 1950. During his time as governor, Duchamps oversaw the expansion of settlement as the region was subdivided into 1-acre squares, creating new settler communities.