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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.
As of June 1, 1918, the Army of the Orient had 3,791 cavalrymen, a small number compared to the 232,299 French soldiers in the army (with British, Albanian, [note 28] [149] Greek, and Italian forces bringing the total to 654,000 men). [150] On July 6, 1918, the RMSM was again deployed in Albania in the mountainous Bofnia region.
"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 19th Army Corps (19e Corps d'Armée) was a corps of the French army. In December 1870, the Tours delegation created the 19th Army Corps which was formed in Alençon. It was recreated by decree of the JO of August 13, 1874, it brought together the various military units of Algeria. It constituted the nucleus of the Army of Africa.
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]
On 2 August 1914, the French army had 1,392 pieces of 155 L de Bange, either in depots or in fixed positions; not a single one was part of the equipment of a mobile unit. [1] On the eve of World War I , a typical French army corps was equipped with 120 75 mm (3.0 in) cannons, while its German counterpart had 108 77 mm (3.0 in), 36 105 mm (4.1 ...