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The Battle of Camarón took place on 30 April 1863 between the French Foreign Legion and the Mexican army. It was this battle that the Legion earned its legendary status. The small infantry patrol led by Capitaine Danjou, Sous-Lieutenant Maudet and Sous-Lieutenant Vilain numbering 62 soldiers and 3 officers was attacked and besieged by over two thousand[1] Mexican infantry and cavalry units organized into 3 battalions, and was forced to make a defense at the nearby Hacienda Camarón.

On the 30th of April, at 1 a.m., the 3rd company was on its way, with its 3 officers and 62 men. At 7 a.m., after a 15 mile march, it stopped at Palo Verde in order to get some rest. Soon after a Mexican force of 1,600 soldiers (600 cavalry & 1,000 infantry) was spotted. Captain Danjou made the company take up a square formation and, even though retreating, he drove back several cavalry charges, inflicting the first heavy losses on the enemy.

Looking for a more defensible position, Danjou decided to make a stand at the nearby Hacienda Camarón, an inn protected by a 3m high wall. His plan was to tie up the enemy forces to prevent any attacks on the nearby convoy. While his legionnaires prepared for a defense of the inn, the Mexican commander, Colonel Milan, demanded that Danjou and his men surrender, pointing out the fact that the Mexican Army was greatly superior in number. Danjou's answer was: "We have munitions. We will not surrender." Then, he swore to fight to the death and made his men swear the same.

At noon, Captain Danjou was shot in the chest and died. His soldiers continued to fight, despite overwhelming odds. When ammunition ran out, the last of Danjou's men mounted a desperate bayonet attack. When the last three survivors were asked to surrender, they insisted that the Mexican soldiers allow them safe passage back home, to keep their flag and weapons, and to escort the body of the fallen Danjou. Upon seeing this, the Mexican commander commented, "these are not men, they are devils," and out of respect agreed to the terms.

-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Camar%C3%B3n

"They want a mercenary army, what we call a volunteer army. A mercenary army of the disadvantaged. And in fact, in the Vietnam War, the U.S. military realized, they had made a very bad mistake. I mean, for the first time I think ever in the history of European imperialism, including us, they had used a citizens' army to fight a vicious, brutal, colonial war, and civilians just cannot do that kind of a thing. For that, you need the French Foreign Legion, the Gurkhas or something like that. "
-http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Noam_Chomsky