The Corps Expéditionnaire d'Orient was a French expeditionary force raised for service during the Gallipoli Campaign in World War I. The corps initially consisted of a single infantry division, but la
Albert d'Amade, the CEO's first commander
French troops landing on Lemnos, 1915, prior to the Gallipoli Campaign.
A French 75mm artillery piece firing around Cape Helles during the Third Battle of Krithia
Bugler of the Corps expeditionaire d'Orient sounding a call at sunset on a French transport ship - 1915
Armée d'Orient (1915–1919)
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The Armée d'Orient was a field army of the French Army during World War I who fought on the Macedonian front.
Corps expéditionnaire d'Orient
…corps remained in existence until 6 January 1916 when, following the evacuation of French forces from the peninsula, it was subsumed into the larger Army of the Orient serving in Salonika. In the autumn of 1915, there were concerns as to the ability of the Senegalese to cope with the winter weather, and their withdrawal…
A patrol on the Vardar in September 1916
French colonial troops from Madagascar resting outside tents in their camp, October 1917, Salonika front.
Zouaves of the 156th Division in the ravine of Hill 420 in the Cugunci sector, July 1916.
Soldiers of the 175th Infantry Regiment at Salonika in 1915