With the Foreign Legion in Syria
by John Harvey
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With the Foreign Legion in Syria Book Details
Military Unit:
French Foreign Legion
True Story:
Yes
Biography:
Yes
Region:
Middle East
Published Date:
2003
ISBN13:
9780941936811
With the Foreign Legion in Syria Book Description
This memoir of an Englishman in the French Foreign Legion during the Syrian campaign of the late 1920s relates the brutal story of life in the Legion and war in the deserts of Syria. John Harvey joined the Foreign Legion with the assumption that he would receive a substantial bonus and a glorious adventure. He was wrong on both points. Described is the siege of Rachaya Fort against the Druse faction in Syria, a famous and bloody battle.