The French Foreign Legion: A Complete History of the Legendary Fighting ForceHarperCollins Publishers, 1991 - 728 pages The legend of Beau Gaste and the hell-raising, hard-drinking, long-suffering, loyal Legionnaires has been immortalized by countless novels and Hollywood movies. Here Douglas Porch examines the Legion myth and goes beyond it to explore the Legion's mystique and describe its performance from its founding in 1831 to today. 32 pages of halftones; maps; index. |
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... already bedraggled Legion was greeted by General Sir George de Lacy Evans , commander - in - chief of the British Legion , and his brilliantly pre- sented staff . If Legion officers detected a certain indefinable smugness in the ...
... already bedraggled Legion was greeted by General Sir George de Lacy Evans , commander - in - chief of the British Legion , and his brilliantly pre- sented staff . If Legion officers detected a certain indefinable smugness in the ...
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... already losing its frontier roughness . The last attack on the town had occurred in 1845 , when fifty - six Ouled - Brahim disguised as beggars had infiltrated the set- tlement while most of the garrison was out on patrol and opened the ...
... already losing its frontier roughness . The last attack on the town had occurred in 1845 , when fifty - six Ouled - Brahim disguised as beggars had infiltrated the set- tlement while most of the garrison was out on patrol and opened the ...
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... already stretched to the breaking point to be parachuted into a battle that was already lost , as if some morbid fascination with reediting Camerone on a grand scale had taken hold of their imaginations . During night guard , Janos ...
... already stretched to the breaking point to be parachuted into a battle that was already lost , as if some morbid fascination with reediting Camerone on a grand scale had taken hold of their imaginations . During night guard , Janos ...
Table des matières
Le Plus Beau Corps de France | 1 |
Between Politics Diplomacy and the Cannon The Legion in Spain 18351839 | 22 |
The New Legion | 50 |
Droits d'auteur | |
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