95 years ago: A bloody clash in southeastern Morocco

95 years ago, on August 31, 1930, a small French Foreign Legion unit found itself surrounded by thousands of tribal fighters in a semi-desert land of southeastern Morocco. Outnumbered and abandoned by most of their auxiliaries, fewer than 200 legionnaires fought for hours against overwhelming odds…

Learn more about the bloody clash:
1930 Battle of Bou Leggou

 

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