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    Chasseurs Alpins (BCA)), command post at Fort Queyras. No fixed positions, 87th Alpine Cavalry Battalion (87e Bataillon des Chasseurs Alpins (BCA)) and...
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    battalion of the Chasseurs Alpins in Annecy. However, in March 1914 he joined Joffre's general staff (1914–18 called Grand Quartier Général). Early in the...
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    Cagot (section Cagot allies)
    cagots étaient présents, un quartier d'habitation, dont le nom diffère pour chaque village, leur était réservé. Ce quartier est généralement situé aux...
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    basic legionnaire uniform but with leather aprons and gloves. The Chasseurs Alpins wear a large beret, known as the "tarte" (the pie) with dark blue or white...
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    the site of the l'Épervière [fr], the city wants to transform the Îles quartier into an ecodistrict, with positive energy housing. This project could lead...
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    "tarte", given its similarity in appearance, had been worn by the chasseurs alpins (mountain troops) since 1889. From early 1915 to 1916 it was also issued...
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