The Martians have invaded, time to return the favor!

The Martians have invaded, time to return the favor!

Tuesday, April 8, 2008

'With the Foreign Legion in Gallipoli'


The author joined the French Foreign Legion in 1914 at the age of fifteen and a half after an adventurous few years at sea. He enlisted at Algiers under the name of Cornelis Jean de Bruin and was sent to Fort St. Therese at Oran and thence to Sidi Bel Abbes, the headquarters of the Legion in Algeria.

http://www.greatwardifferent.com/Great_War/With_the_Foreign_Legion_in_Gallipoli/With_the_Foreign_Legion_in_Gallipoli_01.htm

2 comments:

Robin Sutton said...

Great link.. thanks

Cheers
Robin

La Coloniale said...

Glad you liked it!
I was doing FFL
research and stumbled
on that one.