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. |
À l'intérieur du livre
Résultats 1-3 sur 53
Page 51
... siege of Constantine that the nouvelle Légion left Pau on December 5 , 1836 , bound for Algeria . One historian of French expansion in Algeria , Charles - André Julien , saw in the second siege of Constantine the begin- ning of a ...
... siege of Constantine that the nouvelle Légion left Pau on December 5 , 1836 , bound for Algeria . One historian of French expansion in Algeria , Charles - André Julien , saw in the second siege of Constantine the begin- ning of a ...
Page 111
... siege equipment , no grenades , an artillery that was too light to breach the walls and am- munition much of which , dating from the siege of Constantine twelve years earlier , too often declined to detonate . The destruction it had ...
... siege equipment , no grenades , an artillery that was too light to breach the walls and am- munition much of which , dating from the siege of Constantine twelve years earlier , too often declined to detonate . The destruction it had ...
Page 400
... siege of the post of Mediouna and return its garrison of Senegalese to the French lines . The Rifians had surrounded the post with two siege lines that had already thrown back two French rescue attempts , and the garrison signaled that ...
... siege of the post of Mediouna and return its garrison of Senegalese to the French lines . The Rifians had surrounded the post with two siege lines that had already thrown back two French rescue attempts , and the garrison signaled that ...
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 | |
31 autres sections non affichées
Autres éditions - Tout afficher
The French Foreign Legion: A Complete History of the Legendary Fighting Force Douglas Porch Affichage d'extraits - 1991 |
Expressions et termes fréquents
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