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    The Troupes coloniales ("Colonial Troops") or Armée coloniale ("Colonial Army"), commonly called La Coloniale, were the colonial troops of the French colonial...
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    title of Troupes d' Outre-Mer (Overseas Troops) replaced that of Troupes Coloniales. Finally, on 4 May 1961, the historic designation of "Troupes de marine"...
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  • Army's 11th Infantry Regiment, The Troupes de la Marine were transferred to the French Army and renamed Troupes coloniales from 1900 - 1960 See also: French...
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    Henri-Nicolas Frey was a French major general of the Troupes coloniales. He led the French troops at the Battle of Peking in August 1900 where a multinational...
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    of service overseas 1900–1958: Troupes de marine 1900–1958: Troupes coloniales Tirailleurs Spahis Zouaves French colonial flags French colonisation of the...
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  • Troupes Coloniales under Colonel Maximilien Joseph Schauenburg. In December 1831, Duc de Rovigo arrived in Algiers to establish the French colonial power...
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  • 1917, he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant. He served with the Troupes coloniales in the French colonies of Algeria, Morocco, Levant and Somaliland...
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    Issers in May 1837, during the French conquest of Algeria, pitted the troupes coloniales under General Perrégaux and Colonel Schauenburg against the troops...
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    la marine (previously known as Troupes de la marine, later renamed and reorganized as Troupes coloniales and then Troupes de Marine) were an ensemble of...
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    painting depicts an assistant to a quartermaster-corporal of the Troupes coloniales, the colonial French army. The painting has been cited as being one of Marquet's...
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