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Foreign Legion: annual commemoration of Cameron battle, considered as a mythic combat.
April 30th, 1863, the 3 officers and 62 Legionnaires of Captain Danjou’s company held off 2,000 Mexicans. At the end of an epic fight, the last 5 survivors charged with fixed bayonets.
- Copyright
- Bruno VIGNERON / Maya-Press
- Image Size
- 4000x2670 / 3.0MB
- Keywords
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Foreign Legion, Aubagne, Army, Legion Etrangère, France, Armée, Military, Militaire, Foreign Legion headquarters, Quartier General, Soldier, Soldat, Camerone, Ceremony, Ceremonie, General Maurin, General Pierre de Villiers, General Pierre Chavancy, Captain Danjou's wooden hand, Parade, Defile, Legionnaire, survivors
- Contained in galleries
- One day with Foreign Legion, one of French elite troops, General Pierre Chavancy
