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The Territorial Army was created by law on 27 July 1872 which established the principles of the military reserve. [1] This law established a military service obligation of twenty years for French men as follows: five years in the active army; four years in the Army Reserve; five years in the Territorial Army; six years in the Territorial Army ...
The Army of Observation (Armée d'Observation) numbered approximately 55,000 men. Its role was to defend the country's borders. Commander: Lieutenant-General Baron Félix Chazal. Chief of Staff: Colonel Monoyer 1st Army Corps (Ier corps d'armée) Commanded by Lieutenant-General Sapin; 2nd Army Corps (IIe corps d'armée) Commanded by Prince Philippe
The 1st Foreign Regiment (French: 1 er Régiment étranger, 1 er RE) is a depot regiment of the Foreign Legion in the French Army.It is located at Aubagne.. The regiment is also responsible for running special institutions of the Legion.
"The French Army Law of 1832." Historical Journal 14, no. 4 (1971): 751–69. online. Porch, Douglas. The March to the Marne: The French Army 1871–1914 Cambridge University Press (2003) ISBN 978-0521545921; Scott, Samuel F. From Yorktown to Valmy: the transformation of the French Army in an age of revolution (University Press of Colorado, 1998)
The Legion was positioned on the right flank of the Spanish army's line of battle and in a coincidence, the Legion fought a force of foreign volunteers and mercenaries in Carlist employ. [17] The Spanish forces to the Legion's left broke rank and retreated under the Carlist onslaught, leaving the Legion encircled as it fought on. [20]
Total deployment: 1,494,412 [4] Initial strength: ... 1870. The French Army consisted in peacetime of approximately 426,000 soldiers, some of them regulars, others ...
The 2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment (French: 2 e Régiment Étranger d'Infanterie, 2 e REI) is an infantry regiment of the Foreign Legion in the French Army. [1] The regiment is one of two mechanized infantry regiments of the 6th Light Armoured Brigade.
The French Army, officially known as the Land Army (French: Armée de terre, lit. ' Army of Land ' ), is the principal land warfare force of France , and the largest component of the French Armed Forces ; it is responsible to the Government of France , alongside the French Navy , French Air and Space Force , and the National Gendarmerie . [ 3 ]