Corporal Jacques of the Foreign Legion

Corporal Jacques of the Foreign Legion

The longest route march ends ere long, The hottest sun to the west must go, The Legion marches a thousand strong, On the wind of the desert the bugles blow, The wild notes die as the stars out-shiver, But the wind of the desert it blows for ever. Reading an article in The Popular Magazine, I thought I would write to you. In number May 20, 1916, is an article, "Stories of the Legion" by H. de Vere Stacpoole. He states nobody escaped from the Legion. Well, I have done so, though it involved me becoming a Mohammedan and joining a wandering band of Touaregs and took two years to accomplish. I finally wandered across the Sahara, helped in the looting of caravans, and sailed from Cape Tuby with the assistance of Baba Hamid of the Wad Lagin Hameva Tribe, on the western Sahara seaboard below Morocco on a Spanish fishing boat to Teneriffe, Canary Islands. I am longing for the desert, the smell of the camel dung fire, and the freedom of the everlasting sand ever since. The hardship, adventures and escapes I went through are incredible. This took place ten years ago, since then I have been elephant hunter in Central Africa, in the army of Emperor Menelik of Abyssinia, pearl fishing off North Australia, diamond digging at the Cape, and in a revolution in Central American republic, not to mention fighting with Muley Mohamad El Hiba, the son of Sheik Ma-el-deinne of South Morocco when he tried for the throne of Morocco against Muley Hafid, the Ex-Sultan of Morocco. If Mr. Stacpoole would be interested in my story, a letter will find me care of General Delivery, New Orleans, in the period of the next thirty days, when I leave for Honduras. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

Product details

Ebook Number: 66453
Author: Stacpoole, H. De Vere (Henry De Vere)
Release Date: Oct 3, 2021
Format: eBook
Language: English