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Footnotes

    [1] The Foreign Legion and the French army in general make a distinction between first-class privates and second-class privates. The first-class private has the grade of a lance-corporal.

    [2] This curious expression of the Foreign Legion is, of course, an imitation of the Moorish "fantasia."

    [3] The Arabs who had established themselves in the towns used to despise the vagabond Bedouins.

    [4] "Monsieur le Caporal" was Corporal Wassermann's nickname, because in the eyes of the légionnaires he was far too particular in his manners and language when giving orders.

    [5] "Goums" is the Legion's name for the Arab gendarmes.

    [6] See close of chapter.