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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... soldiers were allowed to talk , sing , smoke or exchange friendly banter with the officers , some of whom were on ... soldiers would brew up coffee . However , in arid regions where water was scarce , dry soldiers ' biscuits might be ...
... soldiers were allowed to talk , sing , smoke or exchange friendly banter with the officers , some of whom were on ... soldiers would brew up coffee . However , in arid regions where water was scarce , dry soldiers ' biscuits might be ...
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... soldiers : " One heard nothing but the moans of the wounded , " Zédé remembered . Soldiers moved about stripping the dead of their boots , uniforms and ammunition , so that before long many of the bodies lay " in a state of nature ...
... soldiers : " One heard nothing but the moans of the wounded , " Zédé remembered . Soldiers moved about stripping the dead of their boots , uniforms and ammunition , so that before long many of the bodies lay " in a state of nature ...
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... soldiers who were potential deserters , or bad soldiers - was especially acute in the mounted companies . The Legion , indeed , the entire Armée d'Afrique , was deeply shocked in July 1910 , when eighteen soldiers of the 3rd Mounted ...
... soldiers who were potential deserters , or bad soldiers - was especially acute in the mounted companies . The Legion , indeed , the entire Armée d'Afrique , was deeply shocked in July 1910 , when eighteen soldiers of the 3rd Mounted ...
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