Battle of Taghit
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The Battle of Taghit was the siege of a fort held by a contingent of the French Army of Africa against Moroccan tribesmen during the South-Oranese Campaign.
French soldiers gathered at the monument of the battle (L'Illustration magazine, 1904)
Monument to the French Foreign Légionnaires who died during the South-Oranese campaign
Army of Africa (France)
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The Army of Africa was an unofficial but commonly used term for those portions of the French Army stationed in French North Africa from 1830 until the end of the Algerian War in 1962, including units
Battle of Taghit
…The Battle of Taghit was the siege of a fort held by a contingent of the French Army of Africa against Moroccan tribesmen during the South-Oranese Campaign. In the 1890s, the French administration and military called for the annexation of the…
1886 illustration of Algerian spahis of the Army of Africa
Soldiers of the modern 1st Tirailleur regiment of Épinal wearing the historic uniform of this branch of the Army of Africa.
Soldiers of the Army of Africa and the separate Colonial Army. A World War I French propaganda poster
An illustration of troops of the Infanterie Légère d'Afrique storming a fortification in 1833