French Foreign Legion 1831–71, Book 509 (Men-at-Arms) by Martin Windrow
English | December 15th, 2016 | ISBN: 1472817702 | 48 pages | EPUB | 22.36 MB
Concluding his bestselling series on the French Foreign Legion, Martin Windrow explores the formation and development of the Legion during its 'first generation'. Raised in 1831, the Legion's formative years would see it fight continuous and savage campaigns in Algeria, aid the Spanish government in the Carlist War, join the British in the Crimean campaign and fight alongside the Swiss in the bloody battles of Magenta and Solferino. With the ever-changing combat environments they found themselves in, the Legion had to constantly adapt in order to survive.