* 1863 – A 65-man French Foreign Legion infantry patrol fought a force of nearly 2, 000 Mexican soldiers to nearly the last man in Hacienda Camarón, Mexico.

* Camarón Day ( French Foreign Legion )

France maintains a small maritime base and a Foreign Legion Detachment ( DLEM ) on Mayotte.

The French forces included Spahis, Chasseurs d ' Afrique, Foreign Legion cavalry and mounted Goumiers.

There are some 2, 600 French troops, which includes a unit of the French Foreign Legion, the 13th Foreign Legion Demi-Brigade, stationed in Djibouti.

In 2002, Djibouti agreed to host a U. S. military presence at Camp Lemonnier, a former French Foreign Legion base outside the capital that now houses approximately 3, 500 American personnel.

A Legion Honor guard | honour guard of the 2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment stands at attention as they await the arrival of Lt. Gen. Khalid Bin Sultan Bin Abdul Aziz, commander of Joint Forces in Saudi Arabia, during Operation Desert Shield.

The French Foreign Legion (, L. E.

The Foreign Legion is today known as an elite military unit whose training focuses not only on traditional military skills but also on its strong esprit de corps.

The French Foreign Legion was created by Louis Philippe, the King of the French, on 10 March 1831.

The direct reason was that foreigners were forbidden to serve in the French Army after the 1830 July Revolution, so the Foreign Legion was created to allow the government a way around this restriction.

The purpose of the Foreign Legion was to remove disruptive elements from society and put them to use fighting the enemies of France.

The Foreign Legion was primarily used, as part of the Armée d ' Afrique, to protect and expand the French colonial empire during the 19th century, but it also fought in almost all French wars including the Franco-Prussian War and both World Wars.

The Foreign Legion has remained an important part of the French Army, surviving three Republics, the Second French Empire, two World Wars, the rise and fall of mass conscript armies, the dismantling of the French colonial empire, and the loss of the Foreign Legion's base, Algeria.

Historically, the American film industry portrayed the Foreign Legion as, in the words of Neil Tweedie of The Daily Telegraph, having " a reputation as a haven for cut-throats, crooks and sundry fugitives from justice " and also having many men escaping failed romances.

Created to fight " outside mainland France ", the Foreign Legion was stationed in Algeria, where it took part in the pacification and development of the colony, by notably drying the marshes in the region of Algiers.

The Foreign Legion was initially divided into " national battalions " ( Swiss, Poles, Germans ...).

To support Isabella's claim to the Spanish throne against her uncle, the French government decided to send the Foreign Legion to Spain.

The Foreign Legion landed at Tarragona on 17 August with around 4, 000 men who were quickly dubbed Los Argelinos ( the Algerians ) by locals because of their previous posting.

The Foreign Legion was dissolved on 8 December 1838, when it had dropped to only 500 men.

The survivors returned to France, many reenlisting in the new Foreign Legion along with many of their former Carlist enemies.

The work of post-war Germany's leading novelists Heinrich Böll and Günter Grass provided source material for the adaptations The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum ( 1975 ) ( by Schlöndorff and Margarethe von Trotta ) and The Tin Drum ( 1979 ) ( by Schlöndorff alone ) respectively, the latter becoming the first German film to win the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

The work of post-war Germany's leading novelists Heinrich Böll and Günter Grass provided source material for the adaptations The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum ( 1975 ) ( by Schlöndorff and Margarethe von Trotta ) and The Tin Drum ( 1979 ) ( by Schlöndorff alone ) respectively, the latter becoming the first German film to win the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

* 1980 Academy Awards Best Foreign Language Film The Tin Drum

He probably would have remained a well-respected but minor jazz figure had he not written an original number to fill out his covers of Antonio Carlos Jobim / Luis Bonfá tunes on his 1962 album, Jazz Impressions of Black Orpheus, inspired by the French / Brazilian film Black Orpheus, which won an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

In 1985, Williams recorded an album for Blue Note Records entitled Foreign Intrigue, which featured the playing of pianist Mulgrew Miller and trumpeter Wallace Roney.

Foreign Keys is the second album released in 1985 by musician Jandek, and his eleventh overall.

* Foreign Legion ( album ), an album by Murfreesboro

Tom Waits ' song " Burma-Shave " ( from his 1977 Foreign Affairs album ) uses the signs as an allegory for an unknown destination.

Before the breakup, Yoshiki had already independently collaborated with Queen drummer Roger Taylor on the single " Foreign Sand " and provided the Japanese contribution to the international Kiss tribute album Kiss My Ass: Classic Kiss Regrooved, an orchestral arrangement of the song " Black Diamond ".

The second release Fresh Fruit in Foreign Places was a concept album matched with a New York Public Theatre stage production ; it received rave reviews, and Darnell was recognized as a clever lyricist and astute composer, arranger and producer.

The band's latest album A Foreign Affair, released on September 13, 2011 to good reviews, was a " throwback " to the early Spyro Gyra releases with strong global music content and the occasional use of guest vocalists.

The demo " Cambodia " was revamped and appeared on the album in the form of " Ever ( Foreign Flag )" and " Natalie Portman " was revised into " Live from the Stage ".

In 1989, White produced Tina Turner's Foreign Affair album.

The album reached No. 1 on the Foreign Albums Chart in Greece where it also received a gold certification.

*" Muriel ", a song by Tom Waits on his 1977 album Foreign Affairs

During the lay-off, Richter wrote some new songs for the band, including Strange Foreign Beauty which was added to the 1999 greatest hits album Greatest Hits-Strange Foreign Beauty.

The early 1980s proved her most commercially successful period, composing and performing the soundtrack to the 1981 film " Smash Palace ", and with the Foreign Affairs album in 1983 spawning her biggest hit " Maxine " ( AUS # 16, 1983 ) a song which chronicled the life of a Kings Cross prostitute.

Outside of Little Brother, Phonte began a collaboration with Netherlands-based producer Nicolay as the group The Foreign Exchange, that ultimately resulted in the release of their debut album, Connected, in 2004.

The Foreign Exchange released their follow-up album entitled Leave It All Behind, in October 2008.

She was a member of hip-hop group, Foreign Heights, with MC Trey and DJ Nick Toth, which released a self-titled album in 2007.

* Authenticity ( Foreign Exchange album ), the third album by the Foreign Exchange.