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French Colonial Indigenous Troops: Tirailleurs Sénégalais Deployment in North Africa

Tirailleurs Sénégalais
Figure 1.-- Here we see Senegalese Raiflemen in Algeria--Beni Ounif on the Moroccan border. It was sestablished from Figuig when the French Armys established a post there (1902). Figuig is an oasis in eastern Morocco. Beni Ounif is located in a spsrely populated area on the fringe of the great Sahran Desert.

The Tirailleurs Sénégalais were primaily used as ascurity force in Frances Sub-Sagaran colonies in West and Central Africa. The Arab areas of North Africa were more restive, The most imprtant opf gthee colonies was Algerai. Morocco becan incursiins in Morocvom (1907), but the country became a protectorate with the Treaty of Fez (1912). German oppositiin resulted in a pre World War Incident. The Arab areas were more restive than the Sub-Sasharan areas of the Empire. The Tirailleurs Sénégalais were thus used as part of the French security forces ouside of the areas where gthey were recruited..






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