Brutal Firsthand Account of the French Foreign Legion's Assault On An Algerian City (1837)

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In 1837 the French Army assaulted the city of Constantine in Algeria. A captain leading elements of the French Foreign Legion named Achille Leroy de Saint-Arnaud led a charge into the city and later wrote of his intense account of the battle in a letter to his brother.

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Voices of the Foreign Legion : The History of the World's Most Famous Fighting Corps
By: Adrian D Gilbert