He was a French Army general during World War I. He studied at the Ecole Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr and graduated 3rd of 357 in his class. Once in the army, he was first stationed in Africa, where he fought against Algerian insurgents in 1881-1882. Later, he was stationed in Asia, where he participated in the Tonkin Campaign (1885-1887). After this campaign, he returned to Africa (1887-1890). At the outbreak of World War I, as a general he received command of the 42nd Infantry Division. He participated in the Battle of the Ardennes on 21-25 August. Then the division was transported west, where it contributed in the victory of the First Battle of the Marne. On 21 October 1914, the division arrived in Flanders, to support the hard-pressed Belgian Army during the Battle of the Yser. For his outstanding leadership, he was given command of the 16th Army Corps on November 7, 1914, in the midst of the First Battle of Ypres. In 1915-1916, he fought with his Army Corps in the Battles of Champagne and the Battle of Verdun. On February 1, 1917, he became the new commander of the French Army of the Orient in Macedonia. After the unsuccessful Battle of the Crna Bend (1917), he was infected by dysentery and was repatriated to France in September 1917. There he died from the disease. King Albert I of Belgium had a statue erected in Ajaccio, in gratitude for the intervention by Grossetti's 42nd Division during the Battle of the Yser.
He was a French Army general during World War I. He studied at the Ecole Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr and graduated 3rd of 357 in his class. Once in the army, he was first stationed in Africa, where he fought against Algerian insurgents in 1881-1882. Later, he was stationed in Asia, where he participated in the Tonkin Campaign (1885-1887). After this campaign, he returned to Africa (1887-1890). At the outbreak of World War I, as a general he received command of the 42nd Infantry Division. He participated in the Battle of the Ardennes on 21-25 August. Then the division was transported west, where it contributed in the victory of the First Battle of the Marne. On 21 October 1914, the division arrived in Flanders, to support the hard-pressed Belgian Army during the Battle of the Yser. For his outstanding leadership, he was given command of the 16th Army Corps on November 7, 1914, in the midst of the First Battle of Ypres. In 1915-1916, he fought with his Army Corps in the Battles of Champagne and the Battle of Verdun. On February 1, 1917, he became the new commander of the French Army of the Orient in Macedonia. After the unsuccessful Battle of the Crna Bend (1917), he was infected by dysentery and was repatriated to France in September 1917. There he died from the disease. King Albert I of Belgium had a statue erected in Ajaccio, in gratitude for the intervention by Grossetti's 42nd Division during the Battle of the Yser.
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