French Infantry

A hundred years ago on Monday, the 369th Infantry's "Harlem Hellfighters Band" gave what is said to have been the first jazz concert on European soil -- in the northwestern French city of Nantes.

For the first time in the history of the Republic Day parade, a group of foreign soldiers marched down Rajpath shoulder to shoulder with the Indian troops: The French contingent - comprising 56 personnel of 35th Infantry Regiment of 7th Armoured Brigade.

The remains of five French soldiers who fought in World War I have been found along with their weapons in a wood in the country's east, a man behind the discovery said on Sunday.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh proudly watched the Maratha light infantry march down the Champs Elysees in Paris.

A hundred years ago on Monday, the 369th Infantry's "Harlem Hellfighters Band" gave what is said to have been the first jazz concert on European soil -- in the northwestern French city of Nantes.

For the first time in the history of the Republic Day parade, a group of foreign soldiers marched down Rajpath shoulder to shoulder with the Indian troops: The French contingent - comprising 56 personnel of 35th Infantry Regiment of 7th Armoured Brigade.

The remains of five French soldiers who fought in World War I have been found along with their weapons in a wood in the country's east, a man behind the discovery said on Sunday.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh proudly watched the Maratha light infantry march down the Champs Elysees in Paris.