I'm having trouble finding information about their uniforms. It seems the more I look, the more variants I find. The image above shows reenactors of the 1st Regiment of Moroccan Tirailleurs (Skirmishers). Compare it with the previous uniform I posted and you'll see they're very different. I've also seen images where the troops are wearing a simple tan uniform with matching fez.
So I'm stuck not knowing how to describe my Moroccans. Memoirs from the British who fought at the Aisne don't mention the uniform. What's a historical novelist to do??? More research!!!
An interesting aside: the French government built the Grand Mosque of Paris as a thank you to the 100,000 Muslim troops who died fighting for France in WWI. Almost a century later, it's still one of the largest mosques in Paris.
Image courtesy Claude Truong-Ngoc.
3 comments:
Maybe the different divisions wore different uniforms?
Alex: Yeah, probably by regiment. I can't find a source for what the regiment at Aisne was wearing, though.
The French know how to say Merci with class, don't they? That's interesting about the mosque.
As for uniforms, Alex's guess is a good one. It must confuse the heck out of the other side if they don't which uniforms are the ones to aim for . .
Great color in that photo.
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