An account of the early days of the Legion in North Africa
The 18th and 19th centuries saw a significant acceleration in
colonisation as the European powers scrambled to take over
underdeveloped countries and their peoples and rule them as
satellite states. This was invariably an arrangement founded in
blood and was fiercely resisted. The British claimed India, the
Dutch their holdings in the East Indies and France established
itself in North Africa-among other places. Beyond the coastal
region the African land was often barren desert or mountainous and
this type of terrain is, of course, the breeding ground of
necessarily tough and resilient people who naturally take poorly to
subjugation. There was the potential for almost continual tribal
warfare and there arose a corresponding French response which
included-in terms of forces-the Chasseurs d'Afrique and the
legendary French Foreign Legion. This book contains two accounts of
the French in Algiers. The first is a personal account by Clemens
Lamping, a young lieutenant in Oldenburg service, who in 1839 found
his way into the ranks of the Legion; all legion accounts are
fascinating and this one detailing Legion life in the first half of
the 19th century is no exception. It is joined here by an
interesting account of captivity by the Arabs which provides an
interesting insight into the 'enemy' camp.
Leonaur editions are newly typeset and are not facsimiles; each
title is available in softcover and hardback with dustjacket; our
hardbacks are cloth bound and feature gold foil lettering on their
spines and fabric head and tail bands.
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