The Senegalese Tirailleurs (French: Tirailleurs Sénégalais) were a corps of colonial infantry in the French Army. They were initially recruited from Saint-Louis...
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tirailleurs Senegalais are maintained by the 21eme Regiment d'infanterie de marine stationed in Fréjus, via the 4e Régiment de Tirailleurs Sénégalais...
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1944 near Dakar, French Senegal. Those killed were members of the Tirailleurs Sénégalais, and were veterans of the 1940 Battle of France who had been recently...
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Malagasy troops were recruited, and the Tirailleurs malgaches were formed along similar lines to the Senegalese Tirailleurs, forming part of the Troupes coloniales...
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started with a small raid on Murzuk by eleven men of the Régiment de Tirailleurs Sénégalais du Tchad (RTST) and two troops of the British Long Range Desert...
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grouping personnel from mainland France belonging to the Régiment de Tirailleurs Sénégalais du Tchad, as well as other elements from mainland France or...
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service: Régiment de La Reine Régiment d'Artois Régiment de La Sarre Royal-Roussillon Régiment de Bourgogne Régiment de Languedoc Régiment de Cambis [fr]...
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battle 1914. p. 186. ISBN 2-9515171-0-6. Dufour, Pierre. 1er Regiment de Tirailleurs. Tirailleurs de l'Armee d'Afrique. p. 79. ISBN 2-7025-0439-6. Windrow...
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battalion (French: « marsouins ») and 2 Senegalese Tirailleurs (French: « Tirailleurs Sénégalais ») at Rabat, La-Chaouïa, Meknés, Fez et Marrakech. 2...
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Jean Gilles (French Army officer) (category École Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr alumni)
of glass. On leaving school he was assigned to 24e régiment de tirailleurs sénégalais (24th Regiment Senegalese Infantry) and took part in the Rif War...
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1923, the regiment was designated as 4th Colonial Tirailluers Regiment (French: 4e régiment de tirailleurs sénégalais, 4e Régiment de tirailleurs coloniaux...
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time was: Division de marche d'Alger 1er régiment de Tirailleurs algériens (Algerian native infantry regiment) 9e régiment de tirailleurs algériens (Algerian...
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was known as the 1er Régiment Mixte de Marche de Cavalerie de Levant. In 1918 a "marching regiment" of Moroccan spahis (Régiment de Marche des Spahis...
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Free France (redirect from Campagne de France (1944))
strong contingent of Tirailleurs Sénégalais brigades. The 1st Free French Division also contained a mixed brigade of French Troupes de marine and the Pacific...
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Marcel Bigeard (category Recipients of the Croix de Guerre (France))
color of the 1st Tonkin Tirailleurs Regiment (French: 1er Régiment de Tirailleurs Tonkinois) which was decorated by the croix de guerre with palm. On November...
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Jean de Lattre de Tassigny Etat-major de l'Armée "B", compagnie de quartier général 162/27 (-) 2ème Corps d'Armee Général de corps d'armée Edgard de Larminat...
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Annexe n° 423, pp. 705–706 Dez, Bastien (2008). "Les tirailleurs " sénégalais " à l'épreuve de l'hiver". Regards sur... la Première Guerre Mondiale 1914...
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Bataillons Sénégalais du 17e D.I.C. with effect from 21 November 1917. The Commanding Officer of the fr:96e bataillon de tirailleurs sénégalais, Major Albert...
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units belonging to the 19th Military District and subsequently the Tirailleurs Sénégalais], were introduced together with puttees and [simplified] kepis.'...
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