The Compagnies franches de la marine were an ensemble of autonomous infantry units attached to the French Royal Navy bound to serve both on land and sea. These troupes constituted the principal milita
During the celebration of the 400th Anniversary of the city of Quebec
Marching in Canada
Rifleman sword, on display at the Musée national de la Marine.
c. 1750 painting of 50 soldiers of the Karrer Regiment disembarking at Louisbourg
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The Troupes coloniales or Armée coloniale, commonly called La Coloniale, were the colonial troops of the French colonial empire from 1900 until 1961. From 1822 to 1900, these troops were designated as
Compagnies franches de la marine
…The Compagnies franches de la marine (French pronunciation: ; previously known as Troupes de la Marine, later renamed and reorganized as Troupes coloniales and then Troupes de Marine) were an ensemble of autonomous infantry units attached to the French Royal Navy (French: marine royale) bound to serve both…
French regulars of the Colonial Infantry disembarking in Madagascar 1895.
French marines ('marsouins') of the Infanterie Coloniale, from a Régiment Mixte Coloniale, practising an advance at Mudros in May 1915, prior to deployment to Gallipoli.
Recruitment poster of the Colonial Forces for the Free French Forces.
Vichy regime poster: "We must rebuild the empire: Madagascar, Syria, French Equatorial Africa. Enlist in La Coloniale."