of military units. France created a corps of méhariste camel companies (Compagnies Méharistes Sahariennes), as part of the Armée d'Afrique, in the Sahara...
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Saharan Companies of the French Foreign Legion (redirect from Saharan Méharistes Companies (méharistes sahariennes))
duties by khaki drill and kepi cover. The Saharan Méharistes Companies (Compagnies Méharistes Sahariennes) were locally recruited camel mounted units of...
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completed their original terms of service. Camel mounted Meharistes plus Compagnies Sahariennes (desert infantry and later mechanised troops) were maintained...
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2nd Dragoons in November 1891. Laperrine organized the Compagnie Méharistes Sahariennes in 1897. He was a friend of Charles de Foucauld who was killed in...
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until 1963 the Foreign Legion maintained four Saharan Companies (Compagnies Sahariennes) as part of the French forces used to patrol and police the desert...
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the Mehri camel. The French Méhariste camel corps was part of the Compagnies Sahariennes the French Army of the Levant.[citation needed] In 1968, France's...
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