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Cooper, Gary, 429, 430, 432
Córdoba, Mexico, 140
Cordova, General, 36
Cork Examiner, 433
Corriere delta Sera, 496
Cot, Lieutenant Colonel, 358–59, 367, 369, 380–81
Cotonou, Dahomey, 251–52, 255, 256
Cottez, General, 391, 395, 416
Coucou, 385
Courbet, Amédée Anatole, 205
Courtes Chausses, Battle at, 347
Court-martial, 359, 360, 464
Crapaudine, 297, 301–2, 625
Crapouillot, Le, 360
Crete, 476
Crimean War, 124–28, 133
Legion's participation in, 76, 105, 120, 123, 124–28
Croatians, 129
Croix de Guerre, 334, 356, 379, 461, 498
Czechoslovakia, 374, 375, 442, 443
Dahomey, 245–67, 276–77, 281, 285, 618
army of, 254–55, 257–66
evaluation of campaign in, 265–67
Legion's contribution to, 285–88
lessons of, 266–67
selection of troops for, 246–51
Dakar, 473, 475, 477
Dampierre, Brigadier General, 59
Damrémont, Charles Denys de, 51, 53
Da Nang, Vietnam, 203
Dangy, Luc, 177, 183, 196, 197, 198, 200, 201, 294, 295–96, 307
Danjou, Jean, 141, 142, 419, 420
Dardanelles, 380, 381, 385
Daudignac, General, 155, 160, 326
Daumier, Honoré, 72
Dautelle, General, 297–98, 331, 332
d'Autmarre, General, 68
de Beauvoir, Roger, 186, 385
de Beauvoir, Simone, 588, 599
de Blignières, Hervé, 608
de Boissieu, Lieutenant Colonel, 566
de Bollardière, General Jacques, 588
de Bollardiere, Major Pâris, 484, 485
de Bournazel, Henri, 405
Debre, Michel, 611
de Brian, Paul-Amiable, 151, 152–53
de Castellane, Count Pierre, 65, 66–67
de Castellane, General Victor, 65, 115
de Castries, Christian, 558, 560, 561
de Chabrière, Louis, 129
de Choulot, Paul, 122
de Corta, Major, 389–90, 393, 394, 424
Decoux, Jean, 511
de Foucauld, Charles, 570
de Frandieu, Captain, 463
de Gaulle, Charles
Algeria and, 569, 581, 593, 596–616
French Resistance and, 471–77, 480, 485, 491, 493, 496, 501
as head of French government, 593
Degueldre, Roger, 604, 607, 608–9, 612, 613, 615, 616
de Joyeuse, Colonel, 421
de La Hayrie, Alexis Hubert, 151
de Lamoricière, Louis, 54, 55, 82, 105
de Lanessan, Antoine, 240
de Larminat, General Edgard, 484
de la Rocque, Lieutenant, 464
Delarue, Father, 586, 602
de la Tour, General Boyer, 546
de Lattre de Tassigny, Jean, 399, 500, 537, 546, 550, 553
de Lioux, Major, 63
Delmayne, Anthony, 490
De Lonlay, Dick, 208–9
Delort, Lieutenant General, 4
de Massol, Louis, 118, 120, 133, 134
de Monsabert, General, 572
de Montijo, Eugénie, 143
Demoyen, Captain, 26
de Mun, Albert, 337
de Négrier, François-Marie-Casimir, 60, 64–65, 302, 628
in Indochina, 209, 210, 215, 229, 231, 233, 235, 236
in Sud Oranais, 316, 317
Dépôt commun des régiments étrangers (DCRE), 480
de Pouilly, General, 610
de Réynaud, Pellisier, 116
Derfner, Xavier, 329
de Sairigné, Gabriel, 472–74, 476, 478, 479, 482, 483, 485, 499, 502–3
de Saligny, Dubois, 143
Desbordes, Sergeant, 153
des Ecorres, Charles, 182, 183, 201, 210–11, 307
de Senilhes, Jean-François de Cariès, 42–43, 60
Desertions, 121, 425, 622–25, 628
creation of cavalry and artillery units and, 391, 392, 623
in 1830s and 1840s, 16, 18, 39, 42, 43, 45, 47, 62, 63–67, 69, 76
explanations for, 64–66
in Mexican campaign, 154–62
from mounted companies, 325–26, 331–32, 395
punishment for, 328, 329
returning deserters, 66–67
in Singapore, 225–26
in Suez Canal, 223–25, 329, 545
before World War I, 326–33
during World War I, 375
during World War II, 448, 464
d'Esnon, Captain, 501, 502
Désorthes, Colonel, 296
d'Esparbès, Georges, 178, 179, 385, 419
Despinoy, Colonel, 76
des Vaillières, Jean, 431
Detaille, Edouard, 422
de Torcy, General, 275
de Torny, Diesbach, 121, 123, 134, 135, 149, 151
in Mexico, 138, 140, 142, 145, 149, 160–61
de Tscharner, Lieutenant Colonel, 408, 424
de Villebois-Mareuil, Colonel, 86, 194, 298, 299, 435
Devil's Brigade, The (Elford), 531
d'Hautpoul, Count Alphonse, 58, 59, 79, 115
Díaz, Porfirio, 155
Di Borgo, Pozzo, 4
Diégo-Suarez naval base, 275
Dien Bien Phu, Battle of, 422, 517, 526, 531, 539, 554–66, 571
Dietl, Lieutenant-General, 467
Dietrich, Marlene, 429
Diguet, Francois Georges, 234
Discipline and indiscipline, 35, 122, 196–97, 327, 328, 425, 432, 619, 625–27, 628
crapaudine, 297, 301–2, 625
drunkenness, 307–9, 311, 624, 629
in 1830s and 1840s, 35, 58–65
in Franco-Prussian War, 166
in Indochina, 220, 508, 544–45, 564, 624
in Mexico, 144, 159, 161, 162
of native troops, 249–50
from 1900 to 1914, 296, 297, 299–311
pelote, 625
rebellion against, 122
silos, 122, 297, 625
le tombeau, 297, 625
in training paratroopers, 577
during World War I, 345, 359, 384, 388–89
during World War II, 448, 451, 473
at Zaatcha, 107–8
Disease, 65–66, 68, 119, 163, 164, 193, 291
in Crimea, 122, 125
in Dahomey, 252, 263, 265, 266, 286–88
Disease (cont.)
in 1830s, 16–17, 18
in Indochina, 207, 219–20, 230, 246, 529, 543–44, 562
in Madagascar, 270–71, 274, 275, 285, 286–88
in Mexico, 121, 140, 158, 162
Zaatcha and, 104, 106, 111, 115, 116
Ditte, Albert, 224, 249
Djebel Garci, Tunisia, 485
Djibouti, 631
Djorb, Battle of, 324
Dodds, Alfred-Amédèe, 252–54, 257–67, 276–77, 286
Dogba, Dahomey, 257–58, 262, 266, 288
Dominé, Marc Edmond, 213, 216, 217, 218
Dominique (Dien Bien Phu), 556, 559
Don Carlos, 23, 31–32, 41, 47, 49. See also Carlists
Dong Dang, Vietnam, 215, 230, 231–33
Dong Khe, Vietnam, 517, 520, 521–25
d'Ossau, Georges, 287
Doty, Bennett, 371, 379, 406–7, 416, 419, 430
Douay, General Félix, 154, 155, 156, 162
Dreyfus, Alfred, 235
Dreyfus Affair, 295, 360, 454
Drif, Zohra, 584
Drude, General Antoine, 293
Drunkenness, 307–9, 311, 624, 629
du Barail, General Francois, 87
Dubas, Marie, 434
Duchesne, Charles, 271, 273–79, 282, 284, 285, 287, 288
Dueling, 150–51, 198
Dufou
r, Henri, 600, 601, 602, 604, 606, 607, 610
Dueenne, Alphonse, 205
Dulong, Charles, 72
Dupin, Charles-Louis, 145–47
Dupré, M. J., 204
Dupuis, Jean, 204
Duriez, General, 369, 370, 371
Durkheim, Emile, 344–45
Dysentery, 193, 220, 263, 275, 287, 543, 544
Echo d'Oran, 246
Ecole Poly technique, 145
Ecole Supérieure de Guerre, 233
Eden, Anthony, 578
Egypt, 406, 476, 578, 579
Ehle, John, 531
Ehrhart, Joseph, 371–72, 418, 629
on Casablanca, 303
on Indochina, 220, 221, 222
on recruitment and training, 174, 175, 177, 179–81, 185, 189, 190, 192–93, 293
El-Arab, Sheik, 95
Elford, George Robert, 531
El Ghazalah, Battle of, 483
El Himeimat, 484–85
Eliane (Dien Bien Phu), 556, 559, 560
Eliot, Lord, 38
Eliot Treaty, 38
El Kantara River, 91
Ellis, John, 497–98
El Moungar, Morocco, 319
El-Ouffia tribe, 18
Enlistment. See Recruitment/enlistment in the Legion
Eritrea, 473–74
Erulin, Elisabeth, 377
Escadrille Chérifienne, 401, 446
Escobedo (Mexican leader), 148
Espinasse, General, 68, 130
Estella, Spain, 42
Etienne, Eugène, 255
Evans, General Sir George de Lacy, 31, 34, 39
Express, L', 588
Fabviez, General, 84
Falklands War, 632
Fall, Bernard, 517, 525, 557
Fanion de la Légion, Le, 434
Farfar, Algeria, 99, 100, 101, 106
Farnsworth, Henry, 338–39, 340, 344
on Legion successes, 365
Fashoda crisis, 224
Faurax, Marius-Paul, 246, 257, 258
Favreau, Colonel, 601
Favrel, Charles, 417, 421, 424, 442, 450, 467, 468–69
Feeding of Legion, 17, 624
in Africa, 68, 75, 78–79, 81–82, 85, 115
in Algeria, 573
during Carlist War, 42, 45
in Franco-Prussian War, 167
in Indochina, 221–22, 228–30, 541–42
in Madagascar, 275, 279, 282–83
in Mexico, 147
Fernandel, 434
Fernandorena, Battle of, 37
Ferrandi, Ascagne-Alcide, 39
Ferrary, André, 27
Ferray, André-Camille, 48
Ferri-Pisani, 386
Ferry, Jules, 205, 209, 231, 234, 235
Fez, Morocco, 383, 399, 492
Fiala, Sergeant, 154
Figaro, Le, 597
Fijalkowski, Corporal, 133, 134
Finland, 446, 466
Fiore, Captain, 621
Fister, Sergeant-Major, 393
Fleury, Rohault de, 51
FLN. See Front de Libération Nationale
Flory, legionnaire, 180
Flutch, legionnaire, 171, 280–81, 294–97, 299, 307–11, 326, 387, 425, 626, 629
on desertion, 326–29
on discipline, 300, 301, 303–4
on Indochina, 241
on recruitment and training, 174, 177, 179, 180, 181, 183–87, 190, 192, 193, 195–97, 199, 200
Foch, Ferdinand, 378
Forey, General Elie Frédéric, 121
Formosa, 205–7
Forrest, Bedford, 148
Forts. See names of individual forts
France and French military
in Algeria, see Algeria; Algerian War of 1954–1961
Allied liberation of, 493, 499–502, 503, 526
Armée Coloniale, 251, 294, 295
Armée d'Afrique, see Armée d'Afrique
Armée d'Orient, 124
Bataillons d'Afrique, see Bataillons d'Afrique
Carlist War, and the Legion, 23–27, 30, 40–41, 42, 49
Chasseurs d'Afrique, 13, 16, 19, 81, 110, 250, 276, 315, 317
Commune insurrection, 120, 167–69, 614
in Crimean War, 124–28
in Dahomey, 245–67
Fall of France, 455–64, 471
Fifth Republic, 593
Foreign Legion, see French Foreign Legion
Fourth Republic, discontent with, 566, 579, 592–93, 598
Franco-Prussian War, 120, 164–67, 170
Free French, see Free French
in Indochina, see Indochina
Italian campaign of 1859, 120, 123, 128–31
Legion compared to regular army, 197, 305
Legion of 1850s and, 119–20
metropolitan army, 250, 251, 269, 288, 297, 310, 361, 363, 414, 417
Mexican campaign, see Mexican campaign
Moroccan Division, 378–80
in Morocco, see Morocco
from 1939 to 1940, 441–64
reaction to Zaatcha assault, 115
Régiments de marche des volontaires étrangers (RMVE), 445, 48, 454, 456–63, 474, 486, 502
Revolution of 1830, 1–7, 14, 15, 25, 54
Revolution of 1848, 93, 94, 97, 104
in Rif War, 383, 398–406, 429
rivalry of marines and Legion, 295–96
Second Republic, 93–94, 97, 104
Suez crisis, 578–79
Third Republic, 165, 170, 235
uniforms, 414
Vichy government, see Vichy France
after World War I, 388, 390, 394
in World War I, 334–81
Zaatcha campaign, reasons for, 92–97
zouaves, see Zouaves
Franchet d'Esperey, Marshal Louis, 419
Franchini, Philippe, 231
Franco, Francisco, 398, 442, 443, 466, 471
François, Sergeant, 458, 459, 461–64
Franco-Prussian War of 1870 to 1871, 120, 164–67, 170, 316
Frankfurt, Treaty of, 170
Free French, 471, 473–85, 491, 492, 493, 495, 496, 503
French Communist Party, 168, 570
French Foreign Legion
in Algeria, see Algeria; Algerian War of 1954 to 1961
in Algiers, see Algiers, Algeria
after Allied invasion of North Africa, 492–502
Allied liberation of France and, 493, 499–502, 503
amalgamation of nationally segregated battalions, 21, 28–29, 35, 62, 86–87
anonymat, 177–81, 195, 212, 301, 413–14, 425, 432, 630
as apolitical, 29, 30, 183, 292
bataillon ´etranger de parachutistes (BEP), 517, 520, 523–30, 535, 540, 554, 560–64, 573
bataillon de marche étranger d'Orient, 337, 371
Bugeaud's institution of changes in, 75–85, 88, 97, 99–100, 102, 103
Bureau des statistiques de la L´gion étrangère (BSLE), 438, 439, 487, 489, 490, 493
after Carlist war, 48–49, 58, 62–63
in Carlist War, 25–50
cavalry and artillery regiments, organization of, 383–84, 391–92, 564, 621–22, 623
cleanliness, standards of, 189
clothing, selling of, 176, 188, 309
commune insurrection, suppression of, 167–69
compared to regular French army, 197, 305
Constantine, siege of, 51–58
creation of, 1–11, 58, 418
in Dahomey, see Dahomey
desertions, see Desertions
discipline, see Discipline and indiscipline
disease affecting, see Disease
Druse rebellion and, 406–7
dual function of, 171–72, 296–97, 311, 439
from 1850 to 1859, 118–36
enlistment in, see Recruitment/enlistment in the Legion
exploitation of enlistees, 627–28
expulsion from, 301
Fall of France in 1940, 455–64, 471
feeding of,
see Feeding of Legion
1st and 2nd Regiments, distinctions between, 75–76