The French Foreign Legion |
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13th DBLE 1st Battalion 1st Foreign Legion 2nd Foreign 2nd-Lieutenant 3rd Foreign Legion Algeria Algiers Arabs army arrived artillery assault attack Battalion battle bayonet Bechar Belloy-en-Santerre Berbers Bernelle Bir Hakeim British Camerone camp campaign Cao Bang Captain captured Carlists Chaambas Charton Colonel column command convoy Corta Danjou desert despatched Dien Bien Phu Djebel Eliahu enemy face fighting fire force Foreign Legion Cavalry Foreign Legion Infantry Foreign Legion Parachute Foreign Legion Regiment France French front garrison German grenades Hakeim hand headquarters honour Indo-China képi killed knew Legion of Honour legionaries Lieutenant machine guns March Maudet Mexicans miles military Mobile Regiment months Morocco moved Mungar Narvik NCOs night officer Oran organised Parachute Regiment parade Paris patrol platoon replied rifle road Rollet Rommel round Selchauhansen sergeant Sergeant-Major shouted Sidi-bel-Abbès soldiers spahis strong-point survivors took troops Tuyen Quang units Vauchez Vietminh village wall wounded yards