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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... recruits for the 1er étranger dropped from 1,612 in 1903 to only 800 in 1904 , and the total strength of the Legion dipped from 12,000 to 11,000 men after 1900.18 And while the events of 1907-08 brought in a slight influx of recruits ...
... recruits for the 1er étranger dropped from 1,612 in 1903 to only 800 in 1904 , and the total strength of the Legion dipped from 12,000 to 11,000 men after 1900.18 And while the events of 1907-08 brought in a slight influx of recruits ...
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... recruits , and , from a tradi- tional standpoint , many recruits of the wrong sort , than it could efficiently digest . However , by the last months of the war , it faced a dearth of recruits serious enough to jeopardize the Legion's ...
... recruits , and , from a tradi- tional standpoint , many recruits of the wrong sort , than it could efficiently digest . However , by the last months of the war , it faced a dearth of recruits serious enough to jeopardize the Legion's ...
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... recruits only dreamed of " towns and women , " while the veterans spent their time in the canteen and disdained " civilian life , which is for them something very distant , improbable , like another planet . " An old sergeant told him ...
... recruits only dreamed of " towns and women , " while the veterans spent their time in the canteen and disdained " civilian life , which is for them something very distant , improbable , like another planet . " An old sergeant told him ...
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