turcos

Turcos Examining War Booty at Neufmentiers (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• Wystan said:

  Other Bain/LOC photos of Turcos, taken early in World War I (1914):

• aware health said:

  From Wikipedia: The tirailleurs from Algeria subsequently served in the Crimean War, the Second Italian War of Independence, the French intervention in Mexico and the Franco-Prussian War (1870), as well as in various French colonial campaigns in Tunisia, Indochina, Morocco, Madagascar and Algeria itself. During the Crimean War the Algerian tirailleurs acquired the nickname of "Turcos" (Turks) by which they were widely known over the next hundred years. The name reportedly arose from comparisons between the Algerian troops and the Turkish allies serving alongside the French and British forces at the siege of Sebastopol.[2] The Turks (from Turkey) were allies of the Germans in WWI.

• Art Siegel said:

  Cropped from original Agence Meurisse photo shown at Bibliotheque Nationale de France's Gallica site, with following caption:
  "Neufmoutiers : marocains examinant leur butin de guerre "
  [Neufmoutiers: Moroccans examining their spoils of war]
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Pub. Date 1914

• Anne (LOC P&P) said:

  artolog: Thanks for linking us to the original Agence Meurisse photo. We will include this info. next time we update.