F
Fabre, LtCol
Fabre & Régis Co
Famie, Lt
Faidherbe, Gen
Fain, Lt
Fallières, Pres
Fane, Maj
Farret, Maj
‘Fashoda affair’
Fasq
Fauchaux, Capt
Faurax, Maj Marius
Favre, Jules
Favrier, Sgt
Felineau, Col
Fellert, Maj
Fendi
Feng Tzu-tsai, Gen
Féral, LtCol
Fernándes Perez, Gen (Span)
Ferré, Théophile
Ferry, Jules
Fes; ‘first siege’ (1911); Treaty of (1912); description; ‘second siege’ (1912);
Fesch, Maj
Fes el Bali (city quarter)
Fes el Bali (village)
Fes el Djedid (city quarter)
Fetaz, Lt
Feurtet, Maj
Fianarantsoa
Fichtala people
Figuig; clash at & bombardment of (1903);
Flipsonn, Pte
Fon people
Fontaine, Sgt
Forey, Maj
Formosa
Forseter, Pte
Forthassa Gharbia
Fort Dauphin
Fort Flatters
Fort Gouraud
Fort Issy, Paris
Fort Mont Valérien, Paris
Fort de Polignac
Fort Trinquet
Foucauld, Father Charles de
Foum el Hassane
Foum Zabel pass/tunnel
Founassa
Fouquart, S/Lt
Fouré, Capt
Fournier, Capt
Fradet, Lt
Franchet d’Esperey, Gen
Franchi, Lt (1st RTSM)
Franchi, Pte (Legion)
Franco, Col Francisco (Span)
Fraudet, Maj
Freemasonry
Fremont, Pte
French Army (l’Armée Metropolitaine): character (1870 – 71); company/platoon organization (pre-1914), Ch 2 n(53); in colonial campaigns; officer corps (1870 – 71); (thereafter) low morale (1906 – 1909); reinforcement of Morocco (1925), Ch 18 n(72); reforms & reorganizations: (1871 – 75) (1880s); (1903 – 1909); (1913) regimental organization, (1870 – 71) Prol n(11), (pre – 1914); strength in Morocco (1925 – 26)
formations:
named regional armies (1870 – 71). Army corps (1870 – 71): I Corps; II Corps; IV Corps ; V Corps; XV Corps, 5; Reserve Corps. Army corps (post – 1871): 4th Corps; 10th Corps; 13th Corps; 15th Corps; 30th Corps
1st Marching Division (1925 – 26)
2nd Marching Division (1925 – 26)
3rd Marching Division (1925 – 26) 4th Marching Division (1926)
7th Cavalry Division
11th Division
35th Division
128th Division
units:
4th Light Horse Rgt; 11th Provisional Inf Rgt (Line); 14th Hussar Rgt; 18th Line Rgt; 20th Marching Rgt (Line); 23rd Line Rgt; 30th Light Infantry Bn (Chasseurs à Pied); 31st Sapper-Pioneer Bn (part-Legion); 36th Marching Rgt (Line); 37th Air Observation Rgt 39th Marching Rgt (Line); 40th Light Infantry Bn, Ch 7 n(7); 52nd Marching Rgt (Line)Line Rgt; Line Rgt; Line Rgt; Line Rgt; Line Rgt;Line Rgt; Line Rgt, Ch 7 n(7)
French Africa Army (l’Armée d’Afrique); unit organization in Morocco (1920s)
Africa Light Horse (Chasseurs d’Afrique)
Algerian Skirmishers (Tirailleurs Algériens)
Bats d’Af (Bataillons d’Infanterie Légère d’Afrique)
Goums Marocains
Moroccan Skirmishers (Tirailleurs Marocains)
Saharan Companies (Compagnies Sahariennes)
Spahis
Zouaves
formations:
19th Corps
Moroccan Division (1914 – 18 & 1925 – 26)
Oran Division
Ain Sefra Subdivision
Tlemcen Subdivision
non-Legion units:
1st Africa Light Horse Rgt (RCA)
1st Algerian Skirmishers Rgt (RTA)
1st Bat d’Af
1st Foot Goum
1st Spahis Rgt (RS)
V/1st RS
2nd Africa Light Horse Rgt
2nd Algerian Skirmishers Rgt
II/2nd RTA
IV/2nd RTA
2nd Bat d’Af
2nd Spahis Rgt
2nd Zouaves Rgt (RZ)
3rd Algerian Skirmishers Rgt
3rd Spahis Rgt
4th Africa Light Horse Rgt
4th Algerian Skirmishers Rgt
4th Bat d’Af
4th Mounted Goum
5th Bat d’Af
6th Moroccan Skirmishers Rgt
8th Algerian Skirmishers Rgt
III/8 RTA
12th Spahis RgtIV/12th RS
14th Algerian Skirmishers Rgt
16th Goum
19th Algerian (Marching) Bn
19th Goum
20th Goum
21st Spahis Rgt
22nd Spahis Rgt
VII/22nd RS
33rd Goum
33rd Composite Goum
part-Legion units: Algeria Marching Rgt (RMdA, Madagascar 1895)Composite Marching Rgt (Chaouia Landing Corps, 1907)Ch 11 n(53); Boudenib Composite Bn (Morocco
French Colonial Ministry
French Colonial Union
French Empire: France’s late 19th/early 20th C colonial ambitions ; civil administration of empire; ‘colonial lobby’; extent & trade of empire
French Foreign Legion: mercenary tradition in Europe; foundation of corps; history pre-1870; in Algeria (1870 – 82), in Vietnam (1883 – 85), (1885 – c.1905),in W.Africa (1890s), in Madagascar (1895 – 1904), in Sud-Oranais (1881 – 82, 1900 – 02)on Algerian – Moroccan border (1904 – 07), In Morocco: (1908 – 12),after French Protectorate (1912 – 14),in Great War,in Middle Atlas (1919 – 24),in Rif War (1925 – 26), in Tache de Taza and Atlas (1926 – 30),in Far South (1930 – 34),In Europe (1914 – 18), in Levant (1925),
backgrounds of recruits conditions of enlistment, domestic self-sufficiency; drinking culture & off-duty behaviour; improvisation and scrounging – ‘System D’ – ; fort garrison life (Middle Atlas, 1920s), (S.Morocco, 1930s); indiscipline and low morale: (c.1900 – 1906), (c.1919 – 22) improvement (1923) induction of recruits; labouring/pioneer employment marching routine, and endurance; nationalities innon-commissioned officers foreign officers, opinions on miltary value; pay; punishments; reorganizations: (1875), (1885), (1891), (1899)(1919 – 21) stagnancy (from 1935). Strength: (1875) (1883)(Morocco 1914 – 18)(1923), (1928) (1933), (1935). Training (1880s – 90s)uniforms & personal equipment; unit organization (Morocco, 1920s)
units, pre-1919:
Foreign Regiment (RE – 1870 – 75)
battalions:
I/RE
II/RE
III/RE
IV/RE
V/RE
Foreign Legion (LE – 1875 – 85)
battalions :
I/LE
II/LE
III/LE
IV/LEV/LE
VI/LE
1st RE (1885 – 1919)
permanent battalions:
I/1st RE
II/1st RE
III/1st RE RE
V/1st RE
VI/Ist RE
2nd RE (1885 – 1919)
permanent battalions:
I/2nd RE
II/2nd RE
III/2nd RE
IV/2nd RE
V/2nd RE Ch 12 n(28)
VI/2nd RE
marching regiments/battalions:
Dahomey Marching Bn (1892)
passim; Dahomey M Bn (1893); Madagascar M Bn (1895 – I/RMdA)Madagascar M Bn (1896 – 1904); Madagascar M Rgt (1899 – 1901); 2nd M Rgt of the Chaouia (1907 – 08)Morocco M Rgts of 1st & 2nd RE (1912 – 14)In Great War: 2nd/1st, 3rd/1st, 4th/1st & 2nd/2nd M Rgts (1914 – 15); Fo
reign Legion M Rgt (RMLE, 1915 – 21); 3rd Bn, Africa M Rgt (III/Rgt de M d’Afrique, 1915 – 17)
mounted (mule) companies (Compagnies Montées):
company organization, 279 – 280; operational routine,
1st CM/1st RE
2nd CM/1st RE
3rd CM/1st RE
11th CM/1st RE
18th CM/1st RE
19th CM/1st RE
24th CM/1st RE CM/2nd RE
1st CM/2nd RE
3rd CM/2nd RE
21st CM/2nd RE
22nd CM/2nd RE
units, post-1919:
1st REI
battalions:
I/1st REI
II/1st REI (‘Deslandes Bn’, 1925)
III/1st REI
IV/1st REI
VI/1st REI (‘Cazaban Bn’, 1925)
VII/1st REI
VIII/1st REI Apdx 2 n(3)
IX/1st REI
1st REC
squadrons:
I/1st REC Apdx
II/1st REC
III/1st REC
IV/1st RECV/1st REC (mech)
VI/1st REC (mech)
2nd REI
battalions:
I/2nd REI
II/2nd REI (‘Goret Bn’, 1925)
III/2nd REI
IV/2nd REI
3rd REI
battalions:
I/3rd REI
II/3rd REI
III/3rd REI
4th REI
battalions:
I/4th REI
II/4th REI
III/4th REI
IV/4th REI
V/4th REI
5th REI
6th REI
11th REI
12th REI
13th DBLE
RMLE (1943 – 45)
mounted & motorized companies;
conversion; company identities &
locations, Ch 19 n(42);
operational routine (with mules), (with vehicles)
CM/1st REI
CMot, later CAuto/1st REI
CM/2nd REI
1st CM/2nd REIincl
2nd CM, later CMot/2nd REI
CM/3rd REI
CM, later CMA/4th REI
pioneer companies
artillery batteries
French Foreign Ministry (‘Quai d’Orsay’)
French Interior Ministry
French National Assembly (also parliament, Chamber of Deputies, Senate)
French Native Affairs (Intelligence) Service; liaison with Army,
French Naval (>1900) & Colonial Troops (1900>). Conduct of colonial warfare; regimental organizationin Vietnam,
Annamese Skirmishers (Tirailleurs Annamites)
Malagasy Skirmishers (Tirailleurs Malgaches)
Senegalese Skirmishers (Tirailleurs Sénégalais)
Senegalese Spahis
Tonkinese Skirmishers (Tirailleurs Tonkinois)
units:
1st Morocco Rgt Senegalese Skirmishers (RTSM)
II/1st RTSM
III/1st RTSM
1st & 2nd Senegalese Skirmishers Rgts (RTS)
1st Tonkinese Skirmishers Rgt (RTT)
3rd Naval Infantry Rgt (RIM)
3rd Colonial Inf Rgt (RIC)
I/4th RTT
I/10th Colonial Skirmishers Rgt (RTC) Ch 18 n(9)
13th Naval Inf Rgt
13th Colonial Inf Rgt
15th Colonial Inf Rgt
II/15th RTC
15th Senegalese Skirmishers Bn
26th Colonial Inf Rgt
Colonial Rgt (RC, Madagascar 1895)
I/RC (Malagasy Skirmishers bn)
II/RC (Hausa Skirmishers bn)
III/RC (Réunion Volunteers bn)
Hausa Skirmishers bn (Dahomey 1892)
Morocco Colonial Infantry Rgt (RICM)II/RICM III/RICM
French Navy Ministry
French Trade Ministry
French War Ministry (‘Rue Dominique’)
Frey, Col
Freycinet, Charles
Freycon, S/Lt
Freydenberg, Gen Henri& Freydenberg Force (1925)
Fritissa
Fumagolli, Pte
G
Gabaig, WO
Gache, Maj
Gadoffre, Lt
Gagneux, Pte
Gaillard, Henri
Galliéni, Mshl Joseph; ‘oil stain’ system of territorial control in Tonkin; leaves Tonkin; accepts Madagascar command; requests Legion bn; requests Lyautey; pacification and development (1897 – 1905); rejects post of CGS, and military use of aircraft; and First Battle of the Marne (1914)
Gallifet, Gen
Gam river
Gambetta, Léon
Gamelin, Gen
Ganay, Lt de
Gaouz
Gara de Mezziat
Gare de l’Est, Paris
Gare du Nord, Paris
Gare d’Orléans, Paris
Garibaldi, LtCol
Garnier, Lt Francis (Navy)
Garnier, Lt (Legion)
Garnier-Duplessis, Col
Garelly, Lt
‘Gate of China’ – see Cua Ai
Gatelet, Pte
Gaulis, Capt
Gaultier, Capt Louis
Gbede – see Poguessa
Geay, Maj
Gebrüder Mannesmann AG
Geier, Pte
Gémeau, LtCol
Gendre, Col
Germany; Fr relations with; ‘Panther crisis’ (1911); anti-Legion propaganda; espionage in Morocco (1914 – 18); Legion enlistment under Nazis
Gerst, Maj
Géryville
Gezo, King
Ghardaia
Ghat
Gherassa
Ghomara, the (region)
Ghysslinck, Pte
Gia Long, King
Gierké, Cpl
Gillon, Col
Giovanninelli, Col
Giralt, Maj
Girardot, Gen
Giraud, Capt
Giraud, Gen Henri; biog note
Girodon, LtCol
Giudicelli, Maj
Glaoua tribe – see also El Glaoui
Gléglé, King
Godin, Gen
Goret, Maj
Gorki, Maxim
Goubeau, Gen
Goudot, Gen
Gould, Dorothy, Fig
Goulet, Lt
Goulimine
goumiers
Gourara, the (region)
Gouraud, Gen Henri
Grabowsky, Pte
Grand Erg Occidental – see Great Western Sand-Sea
Grandmaison, Capt de
Gratien, Capt
Gravereau, Capt
Graves, Col Galbraith (Brit)
Great Western Sand-Sea (Erg)
Grenier, Gen
Gré vy, President
Grisot, Gen
Grosjean, Lt
Guangtung Army
Guangxi province
Guangxi troops
Guennoun, Capt
Guercif
Gueydon, Adml de
Gueydon de Dives, Col
Guibert, Capt
Guilbert, Pte Seraphin
Guillaume, Lt
Guinea
Guiny, Col de
Guittet, Lt
Gulf of Guinea
Gulf of Tonkin
gunboats, French Navy; Mitrailleuse ; Opale; Revolver; Topaze; Trombe
Guy, Pte
Guyon, Lt
Gzinnaya people
H
Haberthur, Pte
Hadjerat M’Guil
Haddu n’Muh Amyzzan
Haefner, Sgt
Ha Giang
Hai Duong
Haiphong
Halong Bay
Hammada du Guir
Ham Nghi, King
Hanoi
Hanoi Citadel
Harmand, Ambassador
Harris, Walter Burton
Hart, David M.
Hayana people
Hecquet, Lt de
Hegedüs, Pte
Henry, Maj
Henrys, Gen Paul
Herbinger, LtCol
Héricourt
Heriro, Ahmed
Herson, Gen
Hervé, Capt
Heurzé, S/Lt
Hiep Hoa, King
Hinderschmitt, Pte
Hoa Moc
Hoang, Prince
Hocquard, Dr Charles
Holtz, S/Lt
Hoerter, Sgt
‘l’Homme Rouge’ (‘The Red Man’) – see Bournazel
Hong Cau
horses, cavalry
Hôtel des Invalides, Paris
Hoti River
House, Pte Ronald
Hova peoplepassim
Hova army, Madagascar
Hué (also Annamese court)
Hue Thué
Hung Hoa
Hunter, Pte
Huot, Lt
Hurbard, SgtMaj
Huré, Gen Antoine
Hutin, Maj
I
Ibuqquyen people
Ibos, Gen
Icht
Ifren plateau
Igharm Amazdar
Igli
Igueriben
Iknioun
Ikopa river
Ile Ste Marie
Ilimshan (clan of Ait Atta people)
Imerina (Merina state)passim – see also Hova people
Imilchil
Immouzer Kandar
Immouzer des Marmouchas plateau
Innocenti, Col
In Rhar
In Salah
Italy, Fr relations with
Ito
Itzer
Ivory Coast
J
Jacquot, Lt
Jaeglé, Lt
Janson, Maj
Japan
Jeanpierre, Lt
Jenoudet, Maj
Jew’s Pass
Jibovec, Pte
Jilali Mull’Udhu
Joandet, Sgt
Joffre, Mshl Joseph
Jonnart, Gov-Gen Charles
Jordana, Gen Francisco (Span)
Jorel, Lt
Juin, Mshl Alphonse
Junnot, Sgt
K
Kabe, SgtMaj
Kabylia
Kairaouine mosque, Fes
Kana
Kasbah Ain el Arba
Kasbah Cherada, Fes
Kasbah Tadla
Kaufman, Capt
Kayes
Kelaa des Sless
Kenadsa
Kenitra
Kep
Kersten, Pte
Khenifra
Kiangara
Kien Phuoc, King
Kifane
Kinadji
Kipling, Rudyard
Kitchener, Gen Herbert (Brit)
Klems, Sgt Josef Ch 18 n(34)
Klipfel, LtCol
Kluschka, Pte
Knight, E.F.
Kockborne, Lt de
Koenig, Sgt
Korea
Kotopa
Kouba
Krafalla
Kratzert, Maj
Kreider
Ksabi
Ksar el Azoudj
Ksar es Souk – see Er Rachidia
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