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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... October 10.59 By October 11 , the sap had reached the south wall of Zaatcha , where the artillery had succeeded in reducing the corner tower to rubble . Until then , Herbillon had believed that the arrival of the sap at the moat would ...
... October 10.59 By October 11 , the sap had reached the south wall of Zaatcha , where the artillery had succeeded in reducing the corner tower to rubble . Until then , Herbillon had believed that the arrival of the sap at the moat would ...
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... October 23 , an emissary from Behanzin arrived before the French camp to ask for peace . Dodds demanded that the Dahomans abandon their defenses on the Koto , which on October 25 they refused to do . On October 26 , Dodds formed his men ...
... October 23 , an emissary from Behanzin arrived before the French camp to ask for peace . Dodds demanded that the Dahomans abandon their defenses on the Koto , which on October 25 they refused to do . On October 26 , Dodds formed his men ...
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... October 3 , the Moroccans and the BEP began to fall back after destroying their mules and heavy equipment . Their march was a calvary . " We plunged into the mountains , on a ' trail ' which was a trail only in name , " wrote Kemencei ...
... October 3 , the Moroccans and the BEP began to fall back after destroying their mules and heavy equipment . Their march was a calvary . " We plunged into the mountains , on a ' trail ' which was a trail only in name , " wrote Kemencei ...
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