Zouaves

The slope by which we descend is known as the Zouaves 'Cells.

Under Fire: the story of a squad Henri Barbusse 1904

(three-months men,) known as Zouaves, who were noted for their daring bravery and dash.

Incidents of the War: Humorous, Pathetic, and Descriptive Alf Burnett

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The ceaseless scouting and fighting in the Shenandoah Valley; the charge and route of the red-legged "Zouaves" at Manassas; the falling back to the Peninsula, and the fighting all through Charles

Mohun, or, the Last Days of Lee John Esten Cooke 1858

Outside the compound lay the lines of the "Zouaves," some forty negroes whom Goree has supplied to the Gaboon; they were accompanied by a number of intelligent mechanics, who loudly complained of having been kidnapped, coolie-fashion.

Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 1 Richard Francis Burton 1855

Three generations dress as Zouaves, the French infantry regiments serving abroad in the 19th and 20th centuries.

Three generations dress as Zouaves, the French infantry regiments serving abroad in the 19th and 20th centuries. They are Mexico City residents taking part in Cinco de Mayo festivities in the capital. © Donald W. Miles, 2009 2009

When the allied forces marched out of Tientsin for Peking, to the triumphal strains of a U.S. Army band, Butler marveled at the variety of flapping banners and crisp uniforms on display—the French Zouaves in red and blue, the Royal Welsh Fusiliers with their five black ribbons hanging from their collars, the turbaned Sikhs, the Cossack cavalrymen in their white tunics and shiny black top-boots.

Devil Dog David Talbot 2010

And she who traveled once to the lands of the Dalmatian shores leaped from arrows of the Zouaves, shall in her time know the defeat of the moonbeam in nineteen and seventy-six.

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Now, the Fire Zouaves were “bewildered and broken” and streaming away from the carnage.45

Cavalryman of the Lost Cause Jeffry D. Wert 2008

Two companies of the Fire Zouaves had been held in reserve, and according to a lieutenant with Stuart, “rose from the ground in mass, and fired a terrible volley at my men.”

Cavalryman of the Lost Cause Jeffry D. Wert 2008