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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... Arabs . He remained there for three years . . . . He returned to us like the prodigal son , bemoaning his indiscretions , weeping for his family , for his father especially , and asking for the favor to be enlisted as a French soldier ...
... Arabs . He remained there for three years . . . . He returned to us like the prodigal son , bemoaning his indiscretions , weeping for his family , for his father especially , and asking for the favor to be enlisted as a French soldier ...
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... Arabs into the gardens which were unknown to us , " he wrote . " This order was passed on and repeated several times orally to the troops . " This done , the artillery opened fire , collapsing several walls . The Arabs scattered and the ...
... Arabs into the gardens which were unknown to us , " he wrote . " This order was passed on and repeated several times orally to the troops . " This done , the artillery opened fire , collapsing several walls . The Arabs scattered and the ...
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... Arabs , not notable as marksmen in normal times , managed to sow confusion with highly accurate sniper fire directed especially at the artillery batteries at the moment of unmasking . The chief sapper was critically wounded . Herbillon ...
... Arabs , not notable as marksmen in normal times , managed to sow confusion with highly accurate sniper fire directed especially at the artillery batteries at the moment of unmasking . The chief sapper was critically wounded . Herbillon ...
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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1er étranger Abd el-Kader Abd el-Krim Algeria Algiers appeared Arabs Armée d'Afrique artillery attack Azan barracks battalion battle became began believed Bernelle Bugeaud camp campaign Captain Carlist caused cavalry Chinese colonial column combat command complained corps Dahomans Dahomey DBLE defense desertion despite discipline enemy enlisted especially étranger fact fighting fire Flutsch force Foreign Legion fought France French army garrison German Grisot guerre Herbillon Indochina infantry Jews Kemencei killed lack Lamborelle Lang Son large number Légion étrangère Legion officers legionnaires Lyautey Madagascar Martyn Mexican military morale Moroccan Morocco Moslem mounted companies naires NCOs North Africa operations paras Paris perhaps pied noir Poer political posts problems recruits regiment régiment de marche régiment étranger RMLE Rollet Rosen Saint-Arnaud sent September sergeant served SHAT Sidi-bel-Abbès soldiers Souvenirs Spanish Sylvère tirailleurs Tonkin troops Tuyen Quang units Viet Minh Vietnamese volunteers wounded wrote Zaatcha Zédé zouaves