Tag Archives: Spahis

VILLA SIMONT, 12.3.39 [1]

Troops[2]  returning from manoeuvres[3]  passed the house a few days back, to the number of about 5000 men, more than half of[4]  these Senegalese. The spahis look pretty good, general physique better than the average of the population. Horses about … Continue reading

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October 2, 1938

Nightjars here, much as in England. Female donkey today, very heavily in foal, carrying respectable load of wood, & its master. Load something over 200lb., plus the foal. The Spahis ride stallions. Arab saddles, but not blinkers. Horses of different … Continue reading

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MARRAKECH 27.9.38

The other local daily paper read here is La Presse Marocaine, which is somewhat more right-wing (at any rate more anti-Russian and more pro-Franco) than the Petit Marocain. There are said to be about 15,000 troops in Marrakech. Apart from … Continue reading

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