"For all these beings, for all those whom Dostoevski calls "The Insulted and Injured," the Foreign Legion offers a refuge" -- adapted from the preface.

Legionnaires in garrison --On the road -- Constructing outposts -- Quiet life in Kasbah Tadla -- We penetrate the Atlas Mountains -- Gardens and gravestones -- Types of Legionnaires -- To the rescue of peaceful tribes -- The Caid gives a feast -- We prepare for the riff -- Babin, the old bugler -- Goulet, the "REAL GAUL" -- On the way to the riff -- The menace of Abd-el-Krim -- Releasing besieged outposts -- Fighting in the river -- Mountain warfare -- The tragedy of Mediouna -- Honor and fidelity.