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ZOUAVE

This article appears in Volume V28, Page 1044 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: YAK-ZYM
ZOUAVE , the name given to certain
infantry
  regiments in the
French
  army. The corps was first raised in
Algeria
  in 1831 with one and later two battalions, and recruited solely from the Zouaves, a tribe of Berbers, dwelling in the mountains of the Jurjura range (see KABYLES). In 1838 a third battalion was raised, and the
regiment
  thus formed was commanded by
Lamoriciere
 . Shortly afterwards the formation of the Tirailleurs algeriens, the Turcos, as the corps for natives, changed the enlistment for the Zouave battalions, and they became, as they now remain, a purely
French
 
body
 . Three regiments were formed in 1852, and a
fourth
 , the Zouaves of the Imperial Guard, in 1854. The Crimean War was the first service which the regiments saw outside
Algeria
 . There are now four regiments, of five battalions each, four of which are permanently in Africa, the fifth being stationed in
France
  as a
depot
 
regiment
 . For the peculiarly picturesque uniform of these regiments, see


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