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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... Zaatcha , was stirring up ill feeling against the French . When his claims that the Prophet appeared regularly to him met with skepticism , Bouzian promised that Mohammed would send a sign : the next day , he announced that during the ...
... Zaatcha , was stirring up ill feeling against the French . When his claims that the Prophet appeared regularly to him met with skepticism , Bouzian promised that Mohammed would send a sign : the next day , he announced that during the ...
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... Zaatcha oasis , while a feigned attack by his goumiers distracted the rebels to the west . The colonel stopped his troops on the northeast side of Zaatcha astride the track that led to Biskra . His artillery began a slow bombardment ...
... Zaatcha oasis , while a feigned attack by his goumiers distracted the rebels to the west . The colonel stopped his troops on the northeast side of Zaatcha astride the track that led to Biskra . His artillery began a slow bombardment ...
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... Zaatcha that the result was to produce " a terrible effect on the spirit of the Saharans " and consolidate the French conquest in the south of Constantine Province.86 Others , however , saw Zaatcha as one of the great tragedies of the ...
... Zaatcha that the result was to produce " a terrible effect on the spirit of the Saharans " and consolidate the French conquest in the south of Constantine Province.86 Others , however , saw Zaatcha as one of the great tragedies of the ...
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 |
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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