French Foreign Legion
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French paratroopers in, 570, 572–98, 600, 602–16
Generals'Putsch, 604, 606–16
Morice Line, 590–92, 593, 596, 602
from 1954 to 1956, 565–79
regroupement in, 575–76, 587, 597
torture and brutality during, 569, 576–78, 581, 585–90, 597, 607
Algiers, Algeria, 1, 4, 493, 603, 605
Battle of, 580–90, 605, 607
described, 11, 13
as Legion's home base, 11–21, 49, 50, 62, 75–76
Algiers, Dey of, 11, 15
Alhucemas Bay, 405
Ali-al-Gaïlani, Rashid, 476
Alma, Battle of the, 131, 135
ALN. See Armée de Liberation Nationale
Along, Bay of, 227
Alsace, France, World War II fighting in, 499–500
Alsace-Lorraine, legionnaires from, 171, 183, 248, 290–92, 294, 359, 361, 373
Amazons of Dahomey, 254, 260–63
Ambohimenas mountains, 279, 280
American Friends Service Committee, 494
American Office of Strategic Services, 495
Amiable, Eugène, 133, 134, 140, 146, 147, 149, 153–54, 161, 162
Amiens, France, 377, 378
Amilakvari, Dimitri, 473, 478, 481, 483–85
Amis de la Légion, 429, 435
André, General Louis, 293
Andriba, Madagascar, 277, 278
An Khe, Vietnam, 547
Annam, Empire of, 204–35, 624
Annam, territory of, 235, 508, 515
1930 to 1931 Yen Ba revolt, 508–10 see also Vietnam
Annamese, 203–5, 213, 221, 234, 235, 237–38, 243, 244, 508–10. See also Vietnamese
Anne-Marie (Dien Bien Phu), 556, 557
Anschluss, 436, 437
Antananarivo (Tananarive), Madagascar, 269, 271, 273, 277, 278, 280, 281, 283, 288
described, 283, 284
hygienic conditions in, 286
pacification of, 284–85
surrender of, 284, 288
Anti-Semitism, 360–61, 454–55, 620
Anual, Morocco, 397
Argonne, Battle of, 337
Arlabosse, General, 475
Armandy, André, 428
Armée d'Afrique, 62, 68–90, 120–22, 128, 133, 159, 200, 250, 571, 572, 622
discipline in, 297, 625
uniform of, 415, 493
during World War II, 493, 496–97
Zaatcha, see Zaatcha
Armée de Libération Nationale (ALN), 570–71, 581, 587–88
Armengaud, Jean-Louis, 193, 316
Armenia, 374, 375
Armistice Commission, 489, 493
Artois, France, 356, 358, 365, 367, 380
Association of Polish Jews, 453
Association to Combat the Enslavement of Germans in the Foreign Legion, 330
Astrain, Battle at, 48
Astray, José Millan, 382
Aubagne, France, 126, 634
Aubérive, Battle of, 368–69, 370
Aubert, General, 393
Aubin, Lewis, 157
Audin, Maurice, 588
Aulia, Morocco, 399
Aumale, duc d', 85, 86
Au Palmier, 387
Aurès Mountains, Algeria, 596
Austria, 23, 25, 124, 128, 442
1859 war with Italy and France, 128–32
Mexican policy, 138
troops in Mexico, 144, 148–49, 155, 159, 161
Azan, Jean-Jacques, 32, 36, 43–44, 45, 436–37
Bac Can, Vietnam, 517
Bac Le, Vietnam, 205, 213
Bac Ninh, Vietnam, 205, 207, 209, 213, 234
Bac Viay, Indochina, 214
Baer, Rif, 368
Bailloud, General Maurice, 298, 323, 324, 332
Baird, H. D., 374
Balkans, 124, 128
Ballue, Auguste, 151
Bamberg, Jean, 45
Bang Bo, China, 231, 232, 235
Bao Dai, Emperor, 538, 550, 551
Barbastro, Battle at, 47
Barbou, Alfred, 254
Barcarès, France, training camp at, 457, 459
Barika, Algeria, 96
Barre, Fernand, 474–80, 491
Barret, John, 342, 372
Bartels, Albert, 393
Basset, Lieutenant, 533, 544, 554, 562
Bataillons d'Afrique, 16, 21, 55, 195, 196, 202, 226, 250, 293–94, 329, 453
behavior of, 59
discipline in, 59, 61
in Indochina, 213, 234
uniform of, 415
Batna, Algeria, 91
Baudry, legionnaire, 185
Baulens, Lieutenant, 478
Baux, Jean-Louis (Lebeau), 27, 41–42
Bayol, Dr. Jean, 255
Bazaine, Achille, 21, 27, 46, 48, 68, 123, 134, 138
in Crimean War, 125
Mexican campaign and, 154, 156, 158, 159, 160
Mexican policy, 147
BBC, 430
Béatrice (Dien Bien Phu), 556–57, 558
Beaucé, Jean-Adolphe, 420
Beaufre, André, 390, 400, 401–2, 404, 405, 408, 575, 576
Beau Geste (film), 430, 431
Beau Geste (Wren), 68, 171, 428, 429, 431, 433, 434, 439, 626
Beau Hunks, 426
Béchar, Morocco, 320
Bedeau, Alphonse, 50, 55, 57, 68, 85
Behanzin, King, 252, 253, 255, 259, 263–66
Belfort, France, 395
Belgium, 2, 465
Franco-Prussian War and, 164
troops in Mexico, 148, 151, 159, 161
in World War I, 374
Belloy-en-Santerre, France, 334, 368, 380
Ben Aïssa, 52
Ben Bella, Ahmed, 569
Benedittini, Corporal, 330–31
Beni Derkul, Morocco, 399
Benigni, Pierre, 422
Benin, Bight of, 256
Beni Zerwal tribe, 398
Ben Ouzien, Morocco, 322
Berbatine, wells of, 314
Berg, Evariste, 150
Berguent, Morocco, 320
Béric, Raoul, 200, 201, 290, 291–92, 306, 310, 425
Berliner Tageblatt, 356
Bern, J., 257
Bernard, General Baron, 51
Bernelle, General Joseph, 14, 21, 44, 48
in Carlist War, 27–31, 34–41
conflict with Conrad, 40
described, 35
resignation of, 40–41
Bernelle, Madame Tharsile, 35, 40, 41
Berry, duchesse du, 71
Berset, Samuel-Benoît, 37
Berteil, Louis, 634
Berthezène, General Pierre, 13, 19
Bertrand, General, 220
Bertrand, Gustave, 444
Besson, Colonel, 462–63
Betsiboka River, 269, 271, 274, 275
Biban, Morocco, 399, 405
Bilboa, Spain, 31–32
Bir Hacheim, Western Desert, 481, 482–84, 490
Biskra, Algeria, 92, 94–95, 98, 101, 103, 104, 112
Bismarck, Otto von, 171, 183
Bjerkvik, Norway, 467–69
Black Flags, 207–9, 212, 213, 215, 229, 234, 235–36
Blackwater fever, 246
Blaizot, General Roger, 520
Blanc, Marcel, 410–12, 417, 418
Bleuite, la, 584, 587, 593, 594–95
Blida, Algeria, 577
Bo Cup post, China, 243
Bodard, Lucien, 518
Bois de Bolante, battles in the, 346–47
Bois de Hangard, Battle of, 334
Bois de Sand, France, 501
Boisset, Th., 216, 218
Bolis, Ernest, 220, 223
Bon, Émile Hippolyte, 30
Bonaparte, Louis-Napoleon. See Napoleon III, Emperor
Bonaparte, Lucien, 111
Bonaparte, Napoleon. See Napoleon
Bonaparte, Pierre-Napoleon, 94, 96, 97
background of, 111–12
at Zaatcha, 111,
112–15
Bonetti, Admiral, 474
Bôn-Mat, 210, 214, 221, 222, 228, 230, 232, 233, 238
Bordel Militaire Contrôlé (BMC), 309, 467
Borel, Colonel, 108
Bosquet, Pierre, 105
Bossé, West Africa, 250
Bou-Amama revolt, 193, 201, 210, 294, 307, 315–16
Bouclage, 574
Bou Denib, Battle of, 322–23, 324
Bou Denib, ksar of, 323
Bou-Denib, Morocco, 312, 325
Boulet-Desbareau, Colonel, 384, 388–89
Bourbon Restoration, 1, 2–3, 7, 34
Bourmont, Marshal, 149
Bournhommet, Lieutenant, 150
Boutegourd, Colonel, 292
Bouzian (former caïd of Zaatcha), 95, 96, 98, 100, 103, 107, 116
Brière de l'Isle, General Louis-Alexandre, 209, 214, 215, 229
Brincourt, General, 154
Britain, 288, 409, 425, 513, 578
Carlist War and, 23, 25
in Crimean War, 124, 125
Fashoda crisis, 224
French rivalry for colonies with, 203, 204, 256
Second Opium War, 203
in World War I, 345, 370, 377, 380
during World War II, 467–68, 470–72, 475, 480–85, 491, 496–98
British army, 377, 380, 385, 494, 503
British Legion, 31, 33–34, 39, 87
British Pioneer Corps, 495
Brooks, William, 620, 624–25, 629, 632
Brothier, Albert, 450, 451, 454, 610, 611, 614
Brunon, Jean, 422, 423
Buchsenschutz, Lieutenant, 402, 404
Bugeaud, General Thomas, 7, 17, 41, 69–89
background of, 71–72
changes instituted by, 75–85, 88, 97, 99–100, 103
described, 70–71
as governor-general in Algeria, 61, 70–89, 94, 97
military strategy of, 73–74
opposition to French involvement in Africa, 71, 72
report of 1842 on Legion, 76–77
Burleigh, Bennet, 273
Burma, 204, 512
Buron, Robert, 609
Butterworth, Frank S., 376
Cabrol, Roger, 308, 326, 420, 424
Camargo, Mexico, 148
Camarón, Mexico, 108, 141, 142, 144, 420
celebration of, 418–19, 421, 422, 445, 619
Cambodia, 235, 531
Cambon, Jules, 569
Camerone. See Camarón, Mexico
Campbell, General Jack, 482
Camus, Albert, 587
Camus, Antoine, 121, 122, 132
Camus, Mrs. Albert, 615
Cana, Dahomey, 264
Canada, 345
Canrobert, Marshal Francois Certain, 135
acceptance of colonelcy, 94
commentary of, 7, 49, 60, 62, 63, 65, 67, 72, 73, 77
in Crimean War, 125
at Zaatcha, 115–16
Canton, 224
Canton, China, 203
Cao Bang, Vietnam, 422, 517, 519–26, 537
Carbuccia, Jean-Luc
background of, 97–98
at Crimea, 124, 125
death of, 125
at Zaatcha, 97–101, 103, 104–5, 107, 108, 110–11, 114, 124
Carency, Battle of, 334
Carlists, 6, 58, 59, 68, 87, 121
in Spain, 21, 23–49
Carlist War, 21, 23–50, 58, 62
Carpeaux, Louis, 212, 219, 236–44
Carpentier, General Marcel, 520–22
Casaban, Major, 403
Casablanca, Morocco
desertions in, 330–31, 333
expedition of 1907, 303, 307
“Casquette du père Bugeaud, La,” 79
Casset, Dr. Alcide, 302, 329
Castelnau, General, 154–55
Catalonia, Spain, 46, 47
Catelin, Captain, 217
Catholic Church, French, 203, 222, 268
Catroux, General Georges, 437, 476, 510–11
Catteau, legionnaire, 142
Cavour, Camillo di, 128, 131
Cendrars, Blaise, 335–39, 341–44, 346
on Jewish legionnaires, 361
on Legion reputation, 365–66
on training, 349
on trench warfare, 350, 352, 353, 369
on weaponry, 348–49
Central African Republic, 632
Ceux de la Légion, 434
Chabrol, Major, 238, 242
Chad, 632
Chad, Lake, 256
Challe, Maurice, 593–97, 600, 601, 609–13
Cham, Lieutenant, 16
Champagne, France, 362–63, 367, 380
Champs, Captain, 216
Changarnier, General Nicolas, 68
Chaouen, Morocco, 398
Chapman, Victor, 344
Charles X, King, 3, 4
Charon, Viala, 101, 104, 105, 114–15
Charton, Lieutenant Colonel, 522–25, 530
Chat Noir, Le, 387
Chellala, Battle of, 315–16
Chemin des Dames, France, 368, 378
Chi-lung, Formosa, 207
China, 243, 244, 512, 513
expedition of 1900, 294
French incursion in Indochina and, 203–18, 229–35
Hunan province, 203, 204
see also People's Republic of China
Chinese Nationalists, 510, 514
Chinese Turkestan, 235
Cholera, 16, 115, 116, 122, 125, 163, 207, 219–20
Chott Melrhir, 92
Christian Maronites, 406
Churchill, Winston, 477, 484
Claudine (Dien Bien Phu), 556
Clausewitz, Carl von, 270
Clauzel, Marshal Bertrand, 13, 41, 51
Clavet Gaubert, Major, 8–11
Clear River, 213, 218, 219
Clemenceau, Georges, 235, 383
Clément-Grandcourt, Abel, 195, 291, 292, 303, 309, 310, 425
Clemmer, Charles, 150, 160
Cochinchina, 204, 235, 515, 537, 549
Coc Xa, Tonkin, 523, 524
Collineau, Edouard, 68, 93, 102
Colman, Ronald, 430
Colombo, Ceylon, 225, 545
Combe, Michel, 15, 44, 55, 56, 86
Commune insurrection, 120, 167–69, 614
Comor, André-Paul, 432, 474, 479–80, 500
Condemned (film), 430
Congaïs, 221–22, 230, 242
Congolese National Liberation Front (FLNC), 617–18
Congress of Vienna, 1, 128
Conrad, Joseph, 19, 20, 27, 35, 136
conflict with Bernelle, 40
heads the Legion, 42–46, 48, 50
Conseil superieur de la guerre, 275
Constantin, legionnaire, 142
Constantine, Algeria
described, 51–52
Jews of, 93
pillaging of, 57
2nd Legion Regiment in, 76
second siege of 51–58, 116
Constantine, Bey of, 99
Convention of Miramar, 138
Cooper, A. R., 295, 309, 325, 371, 404, 425, 429, 438
on desertions, 396
on post-World War I Legion, 385
retirement of, 420–21
on Rif War, 400–403, 421