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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... garrison , which were complete by the 20th . On the night of January 26-27 , a mass of Chinese charged through the Annamese village 400 yards from the garrison , set it alight and then surged toward the French positions . The warm ...
... garrison , which were complete by the 20th . On the night of January 26-27 , a mass of Chinese charged through the Annamese village 400 yards from the garrison , set it alight and then surged toward the French positions . The warm ...
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... garrison of choice , with enough distractions to adjourn thoughts of suicide except among those most inclined toward self - destruction . No comparative statistics exist for Algeria , which was a far less attractive garrison . However ...
... garrison of choice , with enough distractions to adjourn thoughts of suicide except among those most inclined toward self - destruction . No comparative statistics exist for Algeria , which was a far less attractive garrison . However ...
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... garrison to withstand a second attack and / or a siege . Captain R. Carteron insisted that there was plenty of food and munitions at Lang Son ( Souvenirs de la campagne du Tonkin , Paris : L. Baudoin , 1891 , note 219 , 293 ) . However ...
... garrison to withstand a second attack and / or a siege . Captain R. Carteron insisted that there was plenty of food and munitions at Lang Son ( Souvenirs de la campagne du Tonkin , Paris : L. Baudoin , 1891 , note 219 , 293 ) . However ...
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