Colonial troops or colonial army refers to various military units recruited from, or used as garrison troops in, colonial territories. Such colonies may...

The Royal Corps Of Eritrean Colonial Troops (Italian: Regio corpo truppe coloniali d'Eritrea) were indigenous soldiers from Eritrea, who were enrolled...

of Colonial Troops (Italian: Regio Corpo Truppe Coloniali or RCTC) was a corps of the Royal Italian Army, in which all the Italian colonial troops were...

The Troupes coloniales (French pronunciation: [tʁup kɔlɔnjal], "Colonial Troops") or Armée coloniale ([aʁme kɔlɔnjal],"Colonial Army"), commonly called...

1900: the anchor is carried by the Colonial Infantry with their transfer to the Army. 1916: the Colonial Troops adopt the badge of an anchor over a flaming...

it defeated Mahdist troops in the Battle of Serobeti and the First Battle of Agordat. In December 1893, Italian colonial troops and Mahdists fought again...

attack Sudan and occupy the Kassala area. Indeed, the best Italian colonial troops were the Eritrean Ascari, as stated by Italian Marshall Rodolfo Graziani...

colonization of Libya between Italian military forces (composed mainly by colonial troops from Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia) and indigenous rebels associated...

Division by the Allies. Rommel praised the colonial troops in the battle of France: "The (French) colonial troops fought with extraordinary determination...

to these events. The colonial troops referred to were soldiers from Senegal, Indochina, and Madagascar. The majority of colonial African soldiers were...

take complete colonial control of Libya. Hundreds of Libyans fought in the Italian colonial corps, including the Meharists and Savari troops. The Libyans...

In French, the word is used only in reference to native troops outside the French colonial empire. The designation is still in occasional use today to...

It was higher than oda-bashi (lieutenant). In the Royal Corps of Colonial Troops of the Italian Royal Army, it was known as bulucbasci and was the equivalent...

British main column consisting of approximately 1,800 British, colonial and native troops with approximately 350 civilians. The Zulus were equipped mainly...

peripherally involved. It was the original objective of both the colonial and British troops, though the majority of combat took place on the adjacent hill...

A colonial empire is a state engaging in colonization, possibly establishing or maintaining colonies, infused with some form of coloniality and colonialism...

camels from 75,000 to 2,000. Thousands of Libyans joined the Italian colonial troops during the conflict, which included the native Savari, Spahi and Meharist...

250,000 soldiers of the Regio Corpo Truppe Coloniali (Royal Corps of Colonial Troops), led by Italian officers and NCOs. With Britain in control of the...

The Colonial Army Corps, originally the Army Corps of Colonial Troops, is a unit of the French Army established by decree on June 11, 1901. It was composed...

carts. The Italians placed considerable reliance on their Corps of Colonial Troops (Regio Corpo Truppe Coloniali, RCTC) of indigenous regiments recruited...

a total of 16,506 for the five columns: 6,669 Imperial and Colonial troops; 9,035 troops in the Native Contingent; 802 Drivers, etc. Knight 1996, p. 11...

Cassino in Italy. These were committed mainly by the Moroccan Goumiers, colonial troops of the French Expeditionary Corps (FEC), commanded by General Alphonse...

The Royal Corps of Somali Colonial Troops (Italian: Regio corpo truppe coloniali della Somalia italiana) was the colonial body of the Royal Italian Army...

day and continuing into the following day. Just over 150 British and colonial troops defended the station against attacks by 3,000 to 4,000 Zulu warriors...

name of 1923). The Italians made extensive use of the Savari, colonial cavalry troops raised in December 1912. These units were recruited from the Arab-Berber...

of the colonial troops in the African territories of the German colonial empire from the late 19th century to 1918. Similar to other colonial armies,...

The Battle of Kassala was fought on July 17, 1894, between Italian colonial troops and Mahdist Sudanese forces. Governor Oreste Baratieri sought to capture...

were partly filled by colonial troops, over 500,000 of whom served on the Western Front over the period 1914–1918. Colonial troops also fought at Gallipoli...

The French colonial empire (French: Empire colonial français) comprised the overseas colonies, protectorates, and mandate territories that came under French...

African colonial troops (Troupes coloniales). By 1923, the French occupation force had decreased to roughly 130,000 men, including 27,126 African troops. The...