The Senegalese Tirailleurs (French: Tirailleurs Sénégalais) were a corps of colonial infantry in the French Army. They were initially recruited from Senegal...
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tirailleurs Senegalais are maintained by the 21eme Regiment d'infanterie de marine stationed in Fréjus, via the 4e Régiment de Tirailleurs Sénégalais...
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Malagasy troops were recruited, and the Tirailleurs malgaches were formed along similar lines to the Senegalese Tirailleurs, forming part of the Troupes coloniales...
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France, by French forces on the morning of 1 December 1944. These Tirailleurs Sénégalais units had been recently liberated from prisoner camps and after...
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grouping personnel from mainland France belonging to the Régiment de Tirailleurs Sénégalais du Tchad, as well as other elements from mainland France or...
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started with a small raid on Murzuk by eleven men of the Régiment de Tirailleurs Sénégalais du Tchad (RTST) and two troops of the British Long Range Desert...
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service: Régiment de La Reine Régiment d'Artois Régiment de La Sarre Royal-Roussillon Régiment de Bourgogne Régiment de Languedoc Régiment de Cambis [fr]...
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battle 1914. p. 186. ISBN 2-9515171-0-6. Dufour, Pierre. 1er Regiment de Tirailleurs. Tirailleurs de l'Armee d'Afrique. p. 79. ISBN 2-7025-0439-6. Windrow...
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Jean Gilles (French Army officer) (category École Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr alumni)
of glass. On leaving school he was assigned to 24e régiment de tirailleurs sénégalais (24th Regiment Senegalese Infantry) and took part in the Rif War...
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battalion (French: « marsouins ») and 2 Senegalese Tirailleurs (French: « Tirailleurs Sénégalais ») at Rabat, La-Chaouïa, Meknés, Fez et Marrakech. 2...
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