Filipinos in the French military
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Filipinos in the French military
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In 1858, when the Philippines was part of the Spanish Empire, France and Spain invaded Vietnam. A number of French troops involved in the campaign became casualties as a result of contracting illnesses such as cholera, dysentery, tropical diseases, and rickets. In order to deal with the manpower shortage which resulted from this situation, the French consul in Manila, the capital of the Spanish Philippines, was given permission by the Spanish government to recruit nine hundred Indios - Spanish t
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