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French Foreign Legion

Page 117

by Douglas Porch


  Phélizot, René, 336, 340

  Philippeville massacres, 571

  Philippines, 512

  Philip II, King, 181

  Phuc Hoa post, Vietnam, 243

  Piaf, Edith, 434

  Piroth, Charles, 558

  Plaine des Jones, Vietnam, 549–50

  Planchais, Jean, 583, 613

  Poerio, Raphael, 27

  Poeymirau, General, 394

  Poimiro, Charles, 172

  Poirmeur, Major, 390–91, 413

  Poland, 2, 374, 375, 443, 466

  Polish army, 444, 455

  Popie, Pierre, 609

  Popular Front, 436

  Porter, Cole, 374, 376

  Porto Novo, kingdom of, 252, 256, 259

  Port Said, 223, 406, 579

  Portugal, 23, 25, 374

  Potsdam Conference, 513

  Pregno, legionnaire, 17

  Premschwitz, Raimund Anton, 290, 294, 307, 310, 324, 326

  attempted suicide, 280–81

  desertion by, 328

  on training, 186, 190–96

  Preston, Robert, 430

  Printer, A. D., 449, 451

  Prokos, G., 211, 242–43

  Prussia, 2, 124, 131, 161

  Carlist War and, 23, 25

  Franco-Prussian War, 120, 164–67

  Pruszkowski, Casimir, 369

  Puebla, Mexico, 144

  Quadrillage, 574

  Quadruple Alliance, 23, 33

  Quang Liet Trail, 523

  Raberin, Lieutenant Colonel, 534

  Rachaya, Syria, 407

  Ragot, Jacques, 453, 454

  Raindre, Captain, 52

  Rambaud, Major, 554

  Randin, Leon, 178, 181, 184, 220, 295

  Randon, Jacques Cesar, 59, 87, 120, 159

  Raulet, André, 298–99

  Recruitment/enlistment in the Legion, 50–51, 58, 220, 438, 615, 627, 629

  anonymat, 177–81, 195, 212, 301, 412–13, 432, 630

  after arrest, 172

  arrival of new recruits in Africa, procedure for, 175–76

  background of enlistees, 2, 5, 6, 13, 14, 26, 50, 62, 84, 121, 131, 159, 171–72, 176–79, 181–85, 201, 212, 247, 280, 290, 293–94, 385, 431, 531–32

  of Carlists, 58, 59, 87, 121

  contract, 173

  during the Depression, 384, 443

  dissuasion efforts, 172, 627

  in 1850s, 132–33

  in 1860s, 138, 149, 157, 158, 159, 619

  France's reasons for creating Legion and, 2, 5–9, 58, 84, 631

  Frenchmen permitted to join, 183–84

  future of, 631–32

  during Indochina War, 531–33, 563, 619

  of NCOs, 194–95, 299

  between 1900 and 1914, 290–96

  overall performance and, 618

  pay level and, 307, 310

  standards for, 79, 132–33, 172–73, 297, 305, 386, 532, 632

  treatment of retired legionnaires and, 434–35

  after World War I, 383–87, 391, 394–95, 402, 408

  during World War I, 335–40, 344–45, 371–76, 381, 423, 426, 440, 620–21

  after World War II, 504, 619

  prior to and during World War II, 435–37, 441–55, 467, 490, 493–95, 504, 620–21

  Red River, 204, 207, 228, 229

  Red Sea, 225

  Reibell, Emile, 270, 271, 275, 276, 277, 282–83, 286

  Rembert, Captain, 129

  Renault, Hippolyte, 27

  Renégat, Le (Armandy), 428

  Renson, Major, 124

  Resolution, HMS, 468

  Réunion, La, 268, 405

  volunteers from, 276

  Revers, General Georges, 519–20

  Revolution of 1830, 1–7, 14, 15, 25, 54

  Revolution of 1848, 93, 94, 97, 104

  Reybaz,Jean, 341, 357, 365

  Richards, Jeffrey, 429, 431

  Ridzeck, Dr., 80

  Rif War, 383, 395, 406, 408, 421, 429, 623

  Rivière, Henri, 204, 205

  Rockwell, Georgia, 336

  Rockwell, Kiffin, 336, 349, 352

  Rockwell, Pauf, 336, 338, 341, 358, 361, 430

  Roger-Mathieu, J., 396

  Rollet, Mrs. Paul (“Nenette”), 371

  Rollet, Paul, 178, 303, 308, 370–71, 374, 394, 402, 405, 407, 408, 411, 435, 564, 608, 621, 629

  call for recruits, 375–77

  fears for future of the Legion, 377, 379, 381, 412–13

  invention of Legion tradition by, 409, 412–13, 414, 416–33, 439, 440, 446, 620, 633, 634

  1er étranger under, 389

  rebuilding of Legion after World War I, 382–92, 409

  retirement of, 409

  3e étranger under, 383, 390

  Rommel, Field Marshal Erwin, 474, 481, 482, 484, 491, 495

  Roosevelt, Franklin D., 513

  Rosen, Erwin, 201, 290, 299, 309, 310, 333

  desertion by, 328

  on recruitment and training, 171–77, 179, 181, 182, 184, 188, 189, 191–93, 197

  on violence in the Legion, 198–99

  Rosenthal, Philip, 489, 490–92

  Rouger, Major, 492

  Rousset, Camille, 98

  Routiers, Les (Béric), 291–92

  Rovigo, due de (Rene Savary), 13–18

  Ruillière, General Joseph, 56–57, 96, 113

  Zaatcha and, 100, 101–2, 104–5, 111

  Russell, William, 124

  Russia (Soviet Union), 23, 25, 425, 579

  Civil War in, 385

  in Crimean War, 124, 125–27

  Russo-Japanese War, 244

  in World War II, 465–66, 491, 503

  Russian Revolution, 2, 375

  Sahara, 91–94

  Saïda, Algeria, 175, 180, 181, 193, 195–96, 247, 383, 456, 533, 594

  Saigon, Annam (later Vietnam), 203, 204, 205, 227, 505–6, 514, 515

  described, 506

  Saint-Arnaud, Marshal Achille Leroy de, 49, 53, 60–63, 66, 68, 70, 105, 123, 124

  background of, 53–54

  at Constantine, 53–58

  as war minister, 120

  Saint-Cyr, 84, 85, 119, 152, 165, 233, 252, 316, 370, 389, 390, 449, 472, 581, 602

  Sainte-Thérèse, Fort, 174

  Saint-Germain, Charles Gaillard de, 94–95, 96

  at Seriana, 102–3

  at Zaatcha, 101

  Saint-Hiller, Bernard, 473

  Saint-Jean, Fort, 173–74, 395

  Saint Marc, Helie de, 565, 604, 605, 607, 609, 611, 612, 613

  Sakalave tribesmen, 271, 279

  Sakiet, Tunisia, 592

  Salan, General, 610–16

  Salomon de Musis, Major, 8, 11, 16, 18

  Saltillo, Mexico, 147–48

  Santa Anna, Antonio Lopez de, 162

  Santa Isabel, hacienda of, 151–54, 159

  Sartoris, Algernon, 349, 365

  Sartre, Jean-Paul, 588

  Saumur, 449

  Saussier, Gustave, 147–48, 151, 161

  Savary, René, 13–18

  Savelli, Bernard, 281

  Savoy, 128

  Schramm, Jean-Paul, 59, 62, 67, 69, 86

  Schumann, Maurice, 483

  Schwartzbard, Sholem, 336, 360

  Scotto, Vincent, 434

  SDECE (French secret service), 565

  Sebastopol, Russia, 125, 126, 127, 135, 418

  Second Opium War, 203

  Sections Administratives Spécialisées (SAS), 575

  Sedan, Battle of, 164

  Seeger, Alan, 337, 338, 341, 342, 353–55, 362, 364–65, 368

  on trench warfare, 351, 352–53

  Senegalese, 249–50, 252, 253, 256, 263, 264, 278, 360, 406, 449

  in Algeria, 569

  in Indochina, 513–14, 531, 536, 547, 548, 561

  in Rif War, 398, 399

  Sergent, Pierre, 156, 533, 574, 600–605, 607, 609, 612, 613

  Sergent X, 434

  Seriana, Algeria, 102–3

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bsp; Seroka, Joseph, 95

  Service de Travail Obligatoire (STO), 487

  Service d'immatriculation de la Légion

  étrangère, 435, 438

  Servière, Major, 234

  Sétif, Algeria, 569, 572

  Sheean, Vincent, 396

  Sheridan, Phil, 148

  Siam, 246

  Sidi-bel-Abbès, Algeria, 121, 123, 126, 127, 160, 180, 181, 189–90, 201, 246, 247, 412, 435

  Allied invasion of North Africa and troops in, 492

  barracks at, 348

  described, 118–19, 175, 410–11

  Generals' Putsch and, 610, 611, 614

  as “holy city” of Legion, 420, 567, 608

  as home of 1st Regiment, 175, 383, 384, 413

  shift of bulk of Legion from, 383

  training at, 186, 195, 196, 389, 395, 410, 572

  after World War I, 383, 387

  after World War II, 528

  Siècle, Le, 43

  Siegfried Line, 465

  Sikkak River, Battle of the, 73, 77

  Silbermann, Private, 182, 222, 224, 225, 238, 275, 286, 295–96, 300

  Silvagni, Giulio Cesare, 440

  Silvestre, General Manuel, 397, 398

  Si-Mokran, 95, 96

  Simon, Colonel, 518, 519

  Simon, Pierre-Henri, 588–89

  Simonetti, legionnaire, 38

  Singapore, 225–26, 545

  Si Salah, Colonel, 601

  Smith, Leonard V., 360, 367

  Société des centres d'entr'aide aux réformés et libérés is de la Légion étrangère, 435

  Society of Jewish Merchants, 345

  Soissons, France, 378, 379, 458, 459

  Solferino, Battle of, 131

  Somalis, 271

  Somme, Battle of the, 368, 380, 462

  Son Tay, Annam, 205, 220, 234

  Sorny, France, 379

  Sou, Marshal, 243

  Souain, France, 367

  Souchez, France, 357, 365

  Soult, Marshal Nicholas, 5, 25

  Bugeaud and, 61, 75, 76

  Sousse, Tunisia, 383

  Soustelle, Jacques, 571, 575, 585

  Soviet Union. See Russia

  Spain, 2, 22–49, 382

  Carlist War, 21, 23–49, 50, 58, 62

  Legion in, 25–49, 50, 138

  Rif War in Morocco and, 397–98, 399, 405–6

  Spanish Civil War, 436, 442, 443

  Spanish Republicans in the Legion, 423, 446, 447–50, 457, 462, 463, 467, 473, 494

  in Vichy France, 488

  Spinner, H., 144–45

  Sri Lanka, 545

  Stalin, Joseph, 442, 466

  Stammer, William, 121, 132, 133

  Stoffel, Baron Christophe Antoine Jacques, 7–11

  Strasbourg, France, 499, 501

  Strelizka Bay, 125

  Strong, K. W. D., 497

  Stuart, Brian, 386, 387, 388, 395, 433

  Stuart, J. E. B., 148

  Sudan, 247

  Sudanese, 260

  Sud Oranais, 315, 316, 320, 325, 327, 329, 392, 407. See also Morocco

  Suez Canal, 223–25, 329, 545

  Suez crisis, 578–79

  Suicide, 280–82, 310, 624, 625

  Sully, Algeria, 573–74

  Survivor, The (Ehle), 531

  Sweeny, Charles, 401, 446

  Swiss Guards, 3–4, 5

  Sylvère, Antoine. See Flutch

  Syria, 384, 401, 446, 454

  Druse revolt, 397, 406–7

  during World War II, 474–81, 490, 491, 493, 607

  Szajkowski, Zosa, 337, 341, 360, 448–49, 452–57

  “Tâche d'huil” techniques, 242

  Tafna, Treaty of, 51

  Tafofo, Mount, 278

  Tananarive. See Antananarivo

  Tan-shui, Formosa, 207

  Teitgen, Paul, 588, 589

  Telegrama del Rif, El, 397

  Témoignage chretien, 585

  Terny, France, 379

  Tetouan, Morocco, 397, 398

  That Khe, Vietnam, 517, 520, 521–25

  Thierry, Brigadier General, 60, 85

  Thiers, Adolphe, 25, 41, 49, 167

  Thoumas, General, 161

  Tientsin, Treaty of, 234, 235

  Timbuktu, 256

  Timmerhans, L., 162

  Todorov, Kosta, 342–43

  Tofa, kingdom of, 252, 255

  Tofa, King of, 252

  Togo, 255, 256

  “Tommy Atkins,” 251

  Tonkin, 203, 204, 205, 207–44, 246, 248, 250, 267, 281, 285, 294, 489, 511, 618

  discipline in, 297

  French-Chinese battle to control, 207–11, 213–18, 229–35

  Indochina War in, see Indochina War

  life in, 507–8

  pacification of Upper Tonkin, 235–44

  voyage to, 223–29

  during World War I, 371

  after World War II, 514, 515, 536

  Tonkin, Gulf of, 204

  Tonkin delta, 537, 538, 546, 547, 550

  Topaz, 255

  Touflet, Jacques, 28

  Training, 69, 88, 133–34, 149, 190–98, 201–2, 404, 410, 432, 624, 626

  for Algerian War, 572, 573–74, 576–77

  criticisms of, 193–97, 619

  during Indochina War, 533–34, 563

  language problem and, 186, 187, 349

  after World War I, 384, 387, 395

  for World War I, 349, 359, 362

  in World War II period, 446, 456–57, 470

  Travers, Susan, 483

  Treaties. See names of individual treaties

  Trench warfare of World War I, 346–54, 356–57, 362–63, 369

  Trentham Park, 470–74

  Trevino, Mexican chief, 151–53

  Trézel, General Camille, 19–21

  Tritschler, Lieutenant Colonel, 494

  Trochu, Colonel Louis, 124

  Trois Glorieuses, 1–7

  Truman, Harry S, 512

  Trumelet-Faber, General, 184–85, 292, 294, 301, 318

  on discipline, 296, 297, 298, 327

  mounted companies and, 324, 325

  Tsmainondry, Madagascar, 278–79

  Tunisia, 391, 392, 421, 477, 485, 493, 495–96

  Algerian War and, 570, 576, 590

  independence of, 566, 568, 608

  Turenne, Algeria, 410

  Turin, 23

  Turkey, 124

  Tuyen Quang, Vietnam, 213, 281, 516

  siege of, 215–18, 229

  Typhoid, 287, 291, 405

  Ulrich, General, 122, 135, 154

  Un de la Légion, 434

  Under Two Flags (film), 430

  Under Two Flags (Ouida), 430

  United Nations, 603

  United States, 409, 425, 579

  Civil War, 143, 148, 156, 157, 159, 162

  desertions to, 160, 162

  Korean War, 518

  -Mexican War, 138, 162

  support for Indochina War, 534

  Vietnam War, 540, 551

  during World War I, 345, 374, 376, 379

  during World War II, 491, 492, 496, 513

  U.S. Army, 494–99, 501–2, 503

  French Army Instruction and Training Corps, 496

  Vadot, Lieutenant, 472

  Vaillant, Colonel, 616

  Vaillant, Marshal Jean-Baptiste, 127

  Valbonne, France, 348, 349

  Valée, General Sylvain-Charles, 51–55, 63

  Vallider, Colonel, 535

  Vancia, France, training compound, 418–19, 456–57

  Van der Smissen, Alfred Louis Adolphe Graves, 162

 

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