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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... camp because the sentinels at first believed them to be porters on their morning " promenades hygiéniques . " 51 The next day , the positions of the French camp were strengthened and christened Fort Fau- rax , in memory of the dead ...
... camp because the sentinels at first believed them to be porters on their morning " promenades hygiéniques . " 51 The next day , the positions of the French camp were strengthened and christened Fort Fau- rax , in memory of the dead ...
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... camp . Instinctively he slipped from his tent to join a line of legionnaires who lay prone along one face of the camp square . Almost immediately a heavy fire erupted from the hill overlooking the camp . Fortunately , in the predawn ...
... camp . Instinctively he slipped from his tent to join a line of legionnaires who lay prone along one face of the camp square . Almost immediately a heavy fire erupted from the hill overlooking the camp . Fortunately , in the predawn ...
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... camp with anything greater than a small post cost them dearly - Lefèvre estimated French losses at 50 dead and 120 wounded . The mounted company alone counted 19 dead , mostly from the assault on the hill outside the camp . And while ...
... camp with anything greater than a small post cost them dearly - Lefèvre estimated French losses at 50 dead and 120 wounded . The mounted company alone counted 19 dead , mostly from the assault on the hill outside the camp . And while ...
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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