[OT] Camarone Day

April 30, 1859- CAMARONE DAY- National Holiday of the French Foreign
Legion.
It commemorates a battle during the French Empire in Mexico. 175
legionaires
were attacked at a little ranchero called Camarone by thousands of
Juaristas. The legionaires fought until only 12 were left alive with no
more
bullets. When the Mexican commander called upon them to surrender Capt.
Danjou ordered "Fix bayonets and Charge!" Since then to do a
suicidally-gutsy last stand is called a "Camarone". The wooden hand of
Capt.
Danjou is a relic at the Legions headquarters outside Marseilles.

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