Monthly Archives: January 2012

Action at Bou Denib: Part 1

Posted on January 27, 2012 by Jack Wagner

I finally was able to pull together a good run-down on the combat that occurred around the upper Guir River (the Haut Guir) in 1908.  This fighting involved the Foreign Legion to a great extent but it was not the … Continue reading →

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Action at Bou Denib and Le Petit Parisian Covers

Posted on January 22, 2012 by Jack Wagner

I started looking into the French fort at Bou Denib, Morocco the other day and discovered that there is a lot of very interesting information available on the town, the Ksar, the garrison fort and a blockhouse on top of … Continue reading →

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Legion Pulp: All You Do Is Fight!

Posted on January 15, 2012 by Jack Wagner

This month’s pulpy fiction is from Adventure Magazine (Volume 90, No. 5; 01 Jan 1935) and is written by J. D. Newsom.  It features a fairly common formula of a gangster fleeing to the Legion to avoid the police.  This … Continue reading →

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Our Friends Beneath the Sands by Martin Windrow

Posted on January 13, 2012 by Jack Wagner

Today I’m providing a short review of a book that I mention frequently on this blog.  Our Friends Beneath the Sands: The Foreign Legion in France’s Colonial Conquests 1870 – 1935 by Martin Windrow (Mar 1, 2011).  It will soon … Continue reading →

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Captain Gallant Comic #3

Posted on January 6, 2012 by Jack Wagner

Another installment in the Captain Gallant of the Foreign Legion comic book series for today.  These can be found at the Internet Archive here: Link.  (There are more Tex Ritter and Buster Crabbe comics here so don’t pass up checking … Continue reading →

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Foreign Legion Uniforms (Mexican Campaign)

Posted on January 2, 2012 by Jack Wagner

I found another little treasure at Galica (the archives of the French National Library).  The document can be found here: Link.  This manuscript is captioned as “Mexican campaign and foreign regiments. Notes, letters and watercolors by C. Brecht / C. … Continue reading →

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