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Luck of the Legion was a strip cartoon in The Eagle. It followed the exploits of the French Foreign Legion in North Africa (then largely French-colonised or controlled) and focused mainly on the chisel-jawed hero Sergeant 'Tough' Luck and his faithful companions, Corporal Trenet and Legionnaire Bimberg. Bimberg was the comic relief, short and fat and perpetually dishevelled, with a battered kepi. Légionnaires in dress uniform. ...


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7th Legion for PC Review - PC 7th Legion Review (653 words)
The developers of 7th Legion forgot to include something in their game: strategy.
But to get such a card is truly the luck of the draw and, unknown to you, your computer or human opponent may have the same immolation ability.
In addition, 7th Legion has no resource management, supposedly to let you focus on the nonstop, battlefield action.
Legion Proverbs (4879 words)
The legionnaire’s use of the word as a curse or an epitath is seen as vulgar and crass by the officers of the legion, and worse still by merchants, who often make warding and appeasement symbols at the mention of the force that keeps them honest.
The saying comes from the fact that, when the legion works at a regular pace, they should be able to accomplish at least a mile within a season (4 months).
In the legion it is most often heard in boot-camp - as a practical reminder of the danger of wielding weapons.
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