HAND OF CAPTAIN DANJOUCamerone and the French Foreign Legion in Mexico 1863

The full story of the last stand behind the French Foreign Legion’s most inspiring legend. Captain Danjou was the one-handed legion veteran who led a doomed defence of a hopeless cause against overwhelming odds. This is one of the most inspiring tales of military bravery ever told.

Of all the romantic legends associated with that legendary elite the French Foreign Legion, none is more famous than the story of Captain Danjou and his wooden hand - a sacred relic that is still paraded before the Legion on 30th April, the anniversary of Camerone. Danjou was a Legion veteran who had lost his hand in an early campaign. In 1863, he found himself in charge of a column in Mexico during Napoleon III’s futile attempt to place his protégé, the Austrian archduke Maximilian, on that country’s throne. Surrounded by a huge force of Mexicans at the farm of Camerone, Danjou and his men fought heroically to the last man and the last round in an epic engagement that has become a military legend. In this thrilling, deeply researched book, Colin Rickards tells the full story of Danjou and the inspiring battle. Comparable to the siege of Rorke’s Drift, this is the dramatic and compelling story of one of history’s great last stands, and Danjou and his companions emerge as the bravest of the brave.

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Product Code:	11229
Author:	Colin Rickards
Format:	HB 480 pp illustrated
Shipping Time:	This item is usually dispatched Next Day
Retail Price:	~~£25.00~~
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