men-in-red-pants:French Senegalese “Tirailleur” from the 69th battalion with his machete. Bois de la

men-in-red-pants:French Senegalese “Tirailleur” from the 69th battalion with his machete. Bois de la Houssaye, 20 June 1916The “coupe-coupe” was a regulatory tool for those skirmishers. Its use in 1914-1918 during the toughest clashes built the combative reputation of the black troops and was used by German propaganda to depict them as barbarians.As all the colonial troops (anchor on the collar and on the Adrian helmet), the Senegalese Tirailleurs have khaki uniforms instead of blue horizon ones since mid-1915.https://www.facebook.com/WW1-Colourised-Photos-450822585061599/ -- source link
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