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    are called Zacapoaxtlas, Indios, Zapadores, Zuavos and Turks. The French imperial army consists of the Zuavos, Turcos and Zapadores. The Mexican army is...
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    course of the war, the zuavos became an increasingly attractive option for many enslaved Afro-Brazilian men, especially given the zuavos’ negative opinion...
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    Volunteers were a Zuavo battalion, who adopted tactics and uniform from the Zouave regiments of the French African Army. The Bahian Zuavos were a spectacle...
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    Madrid) raised a unit of Spanish zouaves, the Carlist Zouaves (Batallon Zuavos), as an honor guard for himself and his wife Maria de las Nieves Braganza...
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    On the first of January, Tepatitlán was invaded by the French troops of Zuavos Argelinos (from North Africa) who were led by General François Achille Bazaine...
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  • in Rome (MACRO) presented a solo exhibition of Ventura's work titled "Lo Zuavo Scomparso". A book by the same name is published by Punctum. Canadian filmmaker...
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    Papal Zouaves fought on the Catalan Front as the Carlist Zouaves (Spanish: Zuavos Carlistas), commanded by Alfonso de Borbón, the brother of the Carlist King...
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    cacciatore di Vincennes. Milan: Boniardi-Pogliani. 1861. Olderico, ovvero Il zuavo pontificio, racconto del 1860. Naples: Giannini. 1862. Lionello o delle...
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    with high leaps. Also present are three armed figures, two guerrieri and a zuavo. The region of Friuli has been a crossroads for different cultures throughout...
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    were three times repelled... when, after two hours, another three hundred zuavos arrived; the struggle infuriated more than before. Signora Arquati presenting...
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