Line in the sand : foreign legion forts and fortifications in Morocco, 1900-1926 /
Jeynes, Richard
Line in the sand : foreign legion forts and fortifications in Morocco, 1900-1926 / Richard Jeynes - Warwick : Helion & Company, cop. 2023 - (VII, 103 p.) - From musket to maxim 1815-1914 ; 28 .
Richard Jeynes studied Archaeology and Landscape Archaeology at Durham and Leicester Universities before attending the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
Bibliogr. p. 102-103
The book gives an overview of the French conquest of Morocco between 1900 and 1926. While providing a general outline of the conquest of Morocco the book concentrates on the use of forts and other fortifications built by the French Foreign Legion to secure the territory gained and pacify the areas of operation. Covering the construction of the outposts, garrison life in them in peace and war, operations in the desert and mountains and desperate last stands
978-1-915113-83-2
POLITIQUE EXTERIEURE
FORTIFICATION
FORTERESSE
RELATIONS DIPLOMATIQUES
COLONISATION
MAROC
FRANCE
964.02
Line in the sand : foreign legion forts and fortifications in Morocco, 1900-1926 / Richard Jeynes - Warwick : Helion & Company, cop. 2023 - (VII, 103 p.) - From musket to maxim 1815-1914 ; 28 .
Richard Jeynes studied Archaeology and Landscape Archaeology at Durham and Leicester Universities before attending the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
Bibliogr. p. 102-103
The book gives an overview of the French conquest of Morocco between 1900 and 1926. While providing a general outline of the conquest of Morocco the book concentrates on the use of forts and other fortifications built by the French Foreign Legion to secure the territory gained and pacify the areas of operation. Covering the construction of the outposts, garrison life in them in peace and war, operations in the desert and mountains and desperate last stands
978-1-915113-83-2
POLITIQUE EXTERIEURE
FORTIFICATION
FORTERESSE
RELATIONS DIPLOMATIQUES
COLONISATION
MAROC
FRANCE
964.02