Kuhn, Pte
Kunassec, Sgt Hyppolyte
Ky Kung river
Ky Lua
L
Lababe, Lt
Labordette, Capt
Lachaux, Lt de
Lacoste, Lt (24th CM/1st RE)
Lacoste, Pte (1st CM/2nd REI)
Lacroix, Maj
Ladmirault, Gen
‘Lafayette Escadrille, 2nd’ Ch 18 n(29)
Laffitte, Capt
Laffont, Maj
Laghouat
Laixellard, Capt
Lalla Ito (place)
Lalla Tazibout (person)
Lambert, Maj
Lambinet, Pte
Lamothe, Col de
Landa
Landers, Sgt
Landriau, Capt
Landwehr
Lane, LtCol
Lanessan, Gov-Gen Antoine de
Lang Ca Phu
Langlois, Lt Gustav
Lang Son
Lao Cai
La Pépinière barracks, Paris
Lapperine, Gen
Larache
Laroche, Res-Gen Hyppolyte
La Rocque, Maj Francois de
La Roquette prison, Paris
Larroquette, Capt de
Lauber, Pte
Laverdure, LtCol René
Lawrence, D.H.
Lay, Sgt
Leboin, Capt
Lebon, Minister
Lecomte, Gen
Lecomte-Denis, LtCol
Lefèbvre carts
Lefèbvre, Gen
Lefèvre, Sgt
Léger, Sgt
Legion of Honour (Légion d’Honneur, decoration
Leins, Sgt
Lelièvre, Pte
Le Myre de Vilers, Gov
Lennuyeux, Lt
Le Nourichel, Capt
Lentonnet, Lt Col
Léon, WO
Leroy, Sgt
Leroy-Beaulieu, Paul
Lespès, Adml
Letulle, Maj
Leu, Sgt
Levant, the (Syria)
Lewal, Gen
Liautard, Cpl
Libert, Pte
Libya
Light Column (Madagascar 1895)
Lignerolles, Dr
Li Hung-chang, Viceroy
Lincoln, Pte Robert
Lincolnshire Regiment (Brit)
Liu Yung-fu, Gen
Loigny
Loma de los Morabos
Lorraine, Lorrainers
Lorme, Col de
Loubet, Pres
Louis-Philippe, King
Loustal, Col de
Louvre, Paris
Luc Nam river
Luigné, Col
Lovy, QM Sgt
Lyautey, Mshl Hubert:
Background; career (1876 – 94); doctrines & publications; homosexuality; religionvolatile temperament. Posting to Tonkin (1894); voyage; opinions of British colonial system, and of French equivalent; meets Gov-Gen de Lanessan; as Gen Duchemin’s acting C of S; as Col Galliéni’s protégé, and C of S; in crisis of Jan 1896; in combat with Legion; plants frontier posts. Leaves Tonkin for Madagascar (1897); as Galliéni’s C of S; follows Galliéni system of unified military and civil control; in Paris (1899); leaves Madagascar (1902) for regtl command in France. Promoted GOC Ain Sefra Subdivision (1903); granted extraordinary independence as protégé of Gov-Gen Jonnart, and violates ‘diplomatic frontier’; occupies ‘Colomb’ Béchar (1903 – 04), and Ras el Ain/ ‘Berguent’ (1904); strategic deployments; lightens troops; and Legion; and mounted companies; talents, and weaknesses of character; forbids ill-treatment of natives.
Promoted GOC Oran(1906); occupies Oujda (1907); rejects command on the Chaouia; Beni Snassen campaign (1907); operations on the Moulouya plains (1908 – 10); promoted GOC 10th Corps in France (1911).
Appointed Resident-General of Morocco (1912); in ‘second siege’ of Fes, 398 – 399; and pacification (1912 – 13); uses aircraft; as proconsul; and ‘grands caids’; and Oum er Rebia/ Zaian front; opens ‘Taza corridor’ (1914); warned of outbreak of Great War. Troops at his disposal (1914 – 18), and proportion of Legionoperations,; briefly War Minister (1916 – 17); drives link across Middle Atlas; and Tafilalt rebellion (1918); Great War achievement summarized. Promoted marshal (1921); troops at his disposal (1920 – 22); completes Zaian campaigns (1921);-health (1923); and Abd el Krim (1922 – 25); and Beni Zeroual; troops at his disposal, (1924), (1925); early reactions to Rifian attacks; refuses to withdraw garrisons from N of Ouergha; visited by Pétain and Painlevé; loses military command to Gen Naulin; resignation; death, and burials
M
machine guns (pre-1914)
MacMahon, Mshl Patrice
Madagascarincl
Madeleine, Paris
Mader, WO Max
Magenta, Italy
Magenta, Algeria
Maghzan (Moroccan govt) troops
Maginot, André
Magnien, Sgt
Magoura
Mahalafy people
Mahmadou Lamine
Mahut, Maurice
Maine, Cpl Philippe
Maire, Col Fernand
Majongo river
Majunga
Malaga
Malatsy
Mali
Mallaret, Col de
Mananjary
Mandarin Road
Manghao
Mangin, Gen Charles
Mangin, Col Émile
Manington, Cpl George passim
Marchand, Capt J-B.
Marché de Meaux, Paris
Maret, Pte
Mariande, Capt
Marina y Vega, Gen (Span)
Marion, Capt
Marmet, Maj
Marmoucha people
Marnissa people
Marololo
Marovoay
Marrakesh
Marratuech, Col
Marrha plain
Marseille
Martimprey, Gen
Martimprey (place)
Martin, Capt
Martin, Cpl Jean
Marty, Gen
Martyn, Cpl Frederic passim passim
Mascara
Massone, Lt
Massoutier, Maj
Mativet, Col
Mauchamp, Dr
Maudet, S/Lt Clément
Maumias, S/Lt
Maurer, Sgt
Maurial, Col
Mauritania
Mauritius (Ile de France)
Maury, Capt
Maussion, LtCol
Mavetanana
May, Pte
Mazellier, Dr
Mazilier, Maj
Mdakra tribe
Meaux
Mécheria
Mediouna (Chaouia)
Mediouna (Rif)
Meditte, Lt de
Mège, Capt
Mehl, Capt
Meknassa people
Meknassa Tahtania
Meknes
Mekong River
Melilla – see also Spanish Morocco
Mellah (Fes ghetto)
Menabha
Menestrel, Col
Menasseb
Merada
Mercier, Gen
Merenid tombs, Fes
Merlet, Maj
Mers el Kebir
Meskedal
Meski
Mesnil, S/Lt
Met, LtCol
Metalsa people
Metz
Metzinger, Gen
Meudon
Meyer, Lt
Mghala
Miarinarivo
Miat Khandak ridge
Mibielle, Maj de
Michez, WO
Midar (Azib de)
Midelt
Milassin, WO Charles
Miliana
Military Medal (Médaille Militaire)
Millán Astray, Col José (Span)
Millerand, Alexandre
Millot, Gen Charles
Mina people
Minnaert, Sgt
Missour (Kasbah el Maghzan)
Mkarto
Mogador (Essaouria)
moghaznis, Ch 9 n(16)
Moghrar Tahtani
Mohammed el Mokrani
Moha ou Akka
Moha ou Hammou el Zaiani
Moha ou Said l’Irraoui
Moinier, Gen Charles
Moltke, Gen von
Monhoven, Gen
Monis, Ernest
Montagne, Lt
Montaudon, Gen
Montbéliard
Monte Aruit
Monte Gurugu
Montera, Lt
Montès, QM Cpl de
Montmartre, Paris
Montrucoli, Lt
Morales, Col Gabriel (Span)
Moras, Capt
Morel, Sgt
Morocco:
description, and Arab and Berber population of country; of eastern borderlands with Algeria; of south-eastern oases; of the Tafilalt.
Summary of history pre-1890s; monarchy and governance.
Tribal society; location, strength, economy and armament of eastern border tribes; character of tribal warfare
Morondova
Morro Nuevo
Mostaganem
Moulay Abd el Aziz, Sultan – see Abd el Aziz
Moulay Abd el Hafid, Sultan – see Moulay Hafid
Moulay Abd el Youssef, Sultan
Moulay Ahmad el Hiba
Moulay Ahmad Lahsin el Saba
Moulay el Kebir
Moulay el Mehdi, Khalifa
Moulay Hafid, Sultan
Moulay Hassan I, Sultan
Moulay Idriss mosque
Moulay Idriss zaouia, Fes
Moulay Ismail, Sultan
Moulay Mohammed ben Youssef, Sultan
Moulay Mustafa el Hanafi
Moulay Sulayman, Sultan
Moulay Zain el Abadin
Moul el Bacha
Moulin, Lt
Moulinay, Capt
Mountains of the Ksour – see Atlas, Saharan
Mount Baddouincl
Mozambique Channel
Mrirt
Msemrir
Msoun
Mufalha (segment of Ouled Jarir people)
mules, Ch 2 n(49)
Muller, Pte (III/3rd REI)
Muller, Pte (1st CM/2nd REI)
Muong people
N
Naama
Na Cham
Naegelin, Maj
Naert, Lt
Nam Dinh
Nancy
Nango
Napoleon III, Emperor
Narbonne
Narvik
Na Sa
Naugés, Col
Naulin, Gen Stanislas
Navarro, Gen (Span)
Neal, Pte Albert
Négrier, Gen Francois de
Nekhila
Nekob
Neuilly, Paris
Neuville, Alphonse de
New Caledonia
Ngan Son mtns
Nguyen Anh, Prince – see Gia Long
Nguyen Van Tuong, Regent
Nha Nam
Nicolas, Col
Nicolon, Capt
Nicot, Col
Niéger, Gen
Nigeria
Niger river
Nivelle, Gen Robert
Normand, Capt
Nossi Bé
Nôtre Dame, Paris
O
Oboa
Observatory Hill, Antananarivo
O’Connor, Gen Fernand
Oder, Pte
Olbrecht, Pte
Ollivier, Lt
Omdurman
Opéra, Paris
Opium Wars
Oran
orders of battle, expeditionary columns etc: Montaudon’s Div (1871), Prol Tonkin Exped Corps (1884), Lang Son Column (1885),Madagascar Exped Corps (1895), and Light Column, Oran Div (1900)Chaouia Landing Corps (1907)and Legion units in,Fes Relief Column (1911),Fes Group & Taza Group (1926),Frontier, Marrakesh, Meknes & Tadla Groups (1933),
Orleans
Ouakda
Ouaouizarht
Ouargla
Ouarzazate
Oudri, Col
Oued Amelil
Oued Aoudiar
Oued Chélif
Oued Choubka
Oued Dades
Oued Debdou
Oued Draa
Oued Drader
Oued Guir
Oued Haiber
Oued Imdrass
Oued Innaouen
Oued Kert
Oued Kiss
Oued Lau
Oued Leben
Oued Loukos
Oued Mellah
Oued Mkoun (Chaouia)
Oued Moulouya
Oued Msoun
Oued Nekor
Oued Ouergha; Fr posts N of ,described;
Oued Oum er Rebia
Oued Rheris
Oued Rhis
Oued Sahela, Algeria
Oued Sahela, Morocco
Oued Saoura
Oued Sebou
Oued Sra
Oued Todra
Oued Zem (post)
Oued Ziz
Oued Zousfana
Ouemé river
Ouezzane
Ouidah
Oujda
Ouled abu Anan (segment of Dawi Mani people)
Ouled Ali (place)
Ouled Allal (post)
Ouled Aidun
Ouled Bou Rima
Ouled Daoud (place)
Ouled Hamrine (place)
Ouled Jarir
Ouled Kassem
Ouled Mokran
Ouled Nahcer
Ouled Sidi Sheikh
Ourtzagh
Outtat el Hajj
P
Pages, Capt
Pagnard, Lt
Painlevé, Paul
Paladines, Gen d’Aurelle de
Panther, Sgt
Panther crisis – see Germany
Paper Bridge, Hanoi
Parc de Villeneuve-l’Étaing, Paris
Pardes, Lt Col
Paris (sieges 1870 & 1871)passim
Paris Commune
Paris National Guard
Paris, Pte
Part, Lt du
‘partisans’
Passard, Col
Patenôtre, Ambassador
Patry, Captéonce
Pauvrehomme, Lt
Pechkoff, Gen Zinovi (né Sverdlov)
Peille, WO
Pein, Col Théodore
Père Lachaise cemetery, Paris
Perfume river
Periousse, Sgt
Peron, Sgt
Peronne, Sgt
Perregaux
Perret, S/Lt
Perroni, Tpr
Perré-Dessus, Sgt, Ch 10 n(39)
Pétain, Mshl Philippe
Peter, Pte
Peters, SgtCh
Petersen, Pte
Petersen, Lt
Peyre, Lt
Pfirmann, Sgt Jean
Philipot, Maj
Pho Binh Gia
Pho Vy
Phu Doan
Phu Lang Thuong
Phu Nhi
Phu Sa
Picard, Sgt
Picquart, Gen
‘Pierced Rock’ – see Ait Affi
Pierre, Adml
Pierrefitte
Pierron, LtCol
Pierson, Capt
Pietri, Capt
Pigneau de Béhaine, Fr Pierre
Pintos, Gen (Span)
‘pirates’, Chinese/Vietnamese
Place de la Concorde, Paris
Place des Fêtes, Paris
Place Vendôme, Paris
Plessier, Capt
Pochelu, Maj
Poeymirau, Gen Joseph
Poguessa (Gbede)
Poincaré, Pres Raymond
Point du Jour, Paris
Pointurier, Lt
Poirmeur, Lt
Poivre, Capt
Polak, Pte
Polisario Front
Pol Lapeyre, S/Lt
Pommeroulie, Sgt
Pompey, Col
Pont de Neuilly, Paris
Pope Leo XIII
Port Say
Porte de Clignancourt, Paris
Porte Maillot, Paris
Porte de Pantin, Paris
porters, baggage (incl ‘coolies’)
Porto Novo
Poulet, Cpl
Primo de Rivera, Gen Miguel (Span); ‘Primo Line’
Prioux, Col
Profilet, Pte
Prokos, Lt
Prot, Gen
Proust, Marcel
Provost, Maj
Prudhomme, Maj
Pruneau, Gen
Q
‘Quai d’Orsay’ – see French Foreign Ministry
Quang Yen
Quartier Viénot (1st RE barracks)
Qui Lung
R
Rabat
Rabezavana
Rabozaka
Radama I, King
Radama II, King
railways: trans-Saharan; in Vietnam; in Sud-Oranaisin Morocco
Rainianjalahy, Gen
Rainandriamampandry
Rainilaiarivony
Raisuli, Pasha Moulay Ahmad er
Ramahatra
Ranavalona III, Queen
Rankin, Lt Col Reginald (Brit)
Raoul, Pte
Rapids Canal
Ras Sirai
Rasanjy
Ras el Ain – see Berguent
Ratsimamanga
Reber, WO
Recifa pass
Red river
Regeibat people
Reggane
Regnault, Eugène
Regnier, WO
Regulares (Span)
Rehamna tribe
Reibel, Col
Renouard, Col
Repington, Col (Brit)
Restrogordo prison, Melilla
Réunion (Ile Bourbon)
Reyniés, Gen de
Rfakha
Rheims
Riata people
Rich
Richard, Pte
Richelieu, Cardinal
Richert, LtCol
Riet, Maj
Rif, the (region); description; Rifian tribal territories,and culture. Spanish-Rif War (1921 – 26) – see Spanish Army in Morocco; Franco-Rif War (1925 – 26) incl
Rifian rebel army (1921 – 26) armamentEuropean instructors withorganization & strength
Rigault, Raoul
Rigault de Genouilly, Adml
Rihana
Rio del Oro – see Spanish Sahara
Riou, Maj
Riquelme, Gen (Span)
Rissani
Riverain, Lt
Rivière, Capt Henri
Robedière, Capt de la
Robitaille, Capt
Rochas, Col
Rocland, Cpl
Rolland, Lt
Rollet, Gen Paul; orchestration of Legion centennial celebrations, and appointment as Inspector-General (1931); retirement, death, and burials
Romani, Capt
Rond-Point de La Villette, Paris
Roon, Gen von
Roquefort, Capt
Roqueplan, WO
Rossel, LtCol Louis
Rostand, Edmond
Rotunda, Paris
Rousseau, Gov-Gen Emmanuel
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