Malagasy Army Suicides

When the french open fire from about two thousand yards, mostly inaccurately, like that m long range, the hova troops fled. They bombarded the french, but most of their shells failed to explode. By this point, the malegase army, of about seven thousand was down to 13 hundred effectives. The marina kingdom surrendered, became a french protectorate. Prime minister reni larivoni was deposed and exiled to algiers, where he died less than a year later.