A soldier of the legion
Author | : George Manington |
Publisher | : BoD - Books on Demand |
Total Pages | : 272 |
Release | : 2023-05-01 |
ISBN-10 | : 9791041921867 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 (67 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: " Sitting at the terrace of a well-known café , on the main boulevard of the French capital, some time ago, I happened to glance down the columns of a Parisian newspaper, and was struck by a realistic account of the re- cent combat at El-Moungar. After describing this action,a long, arduous, but successful defence of a convoy of arms and ammunition by a handful of men from the For- eign Legion against the repeated attacks of more than a thousand fanati- cal Moorish horsemen, the journalist expressed his admiration for the courage and disinterested devotion of which this corps has so often given proof."