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    auxiliaries were designated as chasseurs spahis. Between 1834 and 1836 they were organised into four squadrons of regular spahis. In 1841 the 14 squadrons by then...
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    flaming grenade was worn by the Tirailleurs Sénégalais. During the early 1900s, the tirailleurs sénégalais saw active service in the French Congo and Chad...
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    recruits. The Army of Africa included indigenous Arab or Berber volunteers; (spahis, Goumiers and tirailleurs); regiments largely made up of pied-noir French...
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    Tirailleurs sénégalais, Tirailleurs malgaches, Tirailleurs indochinois, etc. according to the name of the colony of origin. Tirailleurs sénégalais was the...
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  • number of reorganisations. The army's heritage includes the Tirailleurs sénégalais. In 1978, Senegal dispatched a battalion to the Inter-African Force in...
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    tirailleurs Senegalais are maintained by the 21eme Regiment d'infanterie de marine stationed in Fréjus, via the 4e Régiment de Tirailleurs Sénégalais of the...
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    the world. The French North African regiments (Zouaves, Tirailleurs, and Spahis) wore wide, red fezzes with detachable tassels of various colors. It was...
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    on the Western front, while one Moroccan and seven Algerian regiments of Spahis (cavalry) served dismounted on the Western Front – others fought in Macedonia...
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  • Chasseurs d'Afrique (north African European cavalry regiment)> 1er régiment de spahis algériens (Algerian native cavalry regiment) 65e régiment d'artillerie d'Afrique...
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    12 ships Algérien Annamite Arabe Bambara Hova Kabyle Marocain Sakalave Sénégalais Somali Tonkinois Touareg Lion class — 2 ships, Cancelled Lion Guépard...
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    with a small raid on Murzuk by eleven men of the Régiment de Tirailleurs Sénégalais du Tchad (RTST) and two troops of the British Long Range Desert Group...
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  • Longueau–Boulogne railway. Composed of 4th Regiment of the Moroccan Spahis [fr] and of the 6e régiment de spahis algériens. Composed of 7th Cavalry Regiment [fr] and...
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    Infantry Regiment, the 14th Algerian Tirailleurs Regiment, the 23rd Moroccan Spahis Regiment 23e RSM, one group of DCA, one artillery regiment, and two mobile...
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    Colonial Infantry Division contained a strong contingent of Tirailleurs Sénégalais brigades. The 1st Free French Division also contained a mixed brigade...
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  • Chrysanthemum) 1941–1947 United States Navy (USN): Cannon-class destroyer escort: Sénégalais (F702) (ex-USS Corbesier (DE-106)) 1944–1964 Algérien (F701) (ex-USS Cronin...
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  • (French: « marsouins ») and 2 Senegalese Tirailleurs (French: « Tirailleurs Sénégalais ») at Rabat, La-Chaouïa, Meknés, Fez et Marrakech. 2 Mixed Artillery Colonial...
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    9ème Division d'Infanterie Coloniale - gen. Joseph Magnan 2ème Régiment de Spahis Algériens (Reconnaissance Battalion) 1er Groupe de Tabors Marocains 3ème...
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