A soldier of the legion

• Date de parution : 01/05/2023
• Editeur : Shs Editions
• EAN : 9791041921867
• Série : (-)
• Support : Papier

• Nombre de pages : 270
• Collection : (-)
• Genre : Philosophie
• Thème : Philosophie Textes / Critiques / Essais / Commentaires
• Prix littéraire(s) : (-)

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... Voir plus

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.