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Mint condition. Nashville, TN: Battery Press, 2005. 377 pages, photos/maps, 5 1/2" by 8 1/2" hardcover format. Originally published in 1907, this fascinating look at the French Foreign Legion by a former British journalist begins with his enlistment in February 1890. After training at Sidi-bel-Abbes, he sailed for Indochina in March 1891 and was assigned to the 1st Company, 2nd Battalion, 1st Regiment in Yen, the district of Tonkin. In July 1892, Manington was transfered to the Intelligence Department of the 2nd Brigade stationed at Bac-Ninh and in January 1893 to Hanoi. This memoir is filled with stories of operations against rebel forces fighting the French colonial army. Only 150 copies were printed. It is the 13th release in the Battery Press European Wars Series.