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A soldier of the legion
George Manington
出版BoD - Books on Demand, 2023-05-01
主題Philosophy / History & Surveys / Modern
ISBN9791041921867
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=MHS8EAAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋" Sitting at the terrace of a well-known café , on the main boulevard of the French capital, some time ago, I happened to glance down the columns of a Parisian newspaper, and was struck by a realistic account of the re- cent combat at El-Moungar. After describing this action,a long, arduous, but successful defence of a convoy of arms and ammunition by a handful of men from the For- eign Legion against the repeated attacks of more than a thousand fanati- cal Moorish horsemen, the journalist expressed his admiration for the courage and disinterested devotion of which this corps has so often given proof."