Mékong-Paksé
Sector (Commander : Colonel André)
I/RTA (Régiment de Tirailleurs
Annamites - Annamese Tirailleurs Regiment)
Commander : Major Pelier
Garde Indigène (Native Guard) "brigade"
II/RTA (Régiment de Tirailleurs
Annamites - Annamese Tirailleurs Regiment)
Commander : Major ?
2nd Battery/5e RAC (Régiment
d'Artillerie Coloniale - Colonial Artillery Regiment)
Commander : ? One 75mm Mle 1897 field gun battery
Tonkin Motorcycle Platoon (could be Motorised rather
than Motorcycle, but that's unlikely)
Garde Indigène (Native Guard) "brigade"
Cambodia Defensive Sector
(Commander : General de Boisboissel)
Dangreks Sector
Commander : Colonel Benoit-Guyod
I/RTA bis (Régiment de Tirailleurs
Annamites bis - Second Annamese Tirailleurs Regiment)
Commander : Major Runner
Garde Indigène (Native Guard) "brigade"
II/RTA bis (Régiment de
Tirailleurs Annamites bis - Second Annamese Tirailleurs Regiment)
Commander : Major Rousson
one battery/5e RAC (Régiment
d'Artillerie Coloniale - Colonial Artillery Regiment)
Commander : ? Equipment : ?
Garde Indigène (Native Guard) "brigade"
Groupement J (Commander
: Colonel Jacomy)
III/5e REI (Régiment Etranger
d'Infanterie - Foreign Infantry Regiment)
Commander : Major Belloc
III/11e RIC (Régiment
d'Infanterie Coloniale - Colonial Infantry Regiment)
Commander : Major Faulot
II/16e RMIC (Régiment
Mixte d'Infanterie Coloniale - Colonial Infantry Regiment)
Commander : Major Rémery
IV/19e RMIC (Régiment
Mixte d'Infanterie Coloniale - Mixed Colonial Infantry Regiment)
Commander : Major Quelennec
Détachement Motorisé de Cochinchine
(DMC - Cochinchina Motorised Detachment)
Commander : Captain Aguesse
I/5e RAC (Régiment d'Artillerie
Coloniale - Colonial Artillery Regiment)
Commander : Major Belletrude Two 75mm Mle 1897
field gun batteries (motorised)
II/5e RAC (Régiment d'Artillerie
Coloniale - Colonial Artillery Regiment)
Commander : Major Michel Two 105mm Mle 1928
mountain gun battery, two 75mm Mle 1928 mountain gun batteries
Engineer Company (2 platoons)
Commander : Cambon
Regimental AA platoon/11e RIC
Commander : Lieutenant de Pins Four (?) 20mm
Oerlikon AA guns on trucks
Groupement N (Commander
: Colonel Natte)
II/4e RTT (Régiment de Tirailleurs
Tonkinois - Tonkinese Tirailleurs Regiment)
Commander : Major Fourmachat
II/9e RIC (Régiment d'Infanterie
Coloniale - Colonial Infantry Regiment)
Commander : Major Dumaine
II/11e RIC (Régiment d'Infanterie
Coloniale - Colonial Infantry Regiment)
Commander : Major Chapeau
Garde Indigène (Native Guard) "brigade"
Groupement F (Commander
: Colonel Ferrand)
I/RTC (Régiment de Tirailleurs Cambodgiens
- Cambodian Tirailleurs Regiment)
Commander : Major Palud
II/RTC (Régiment de Tirailleurs Cambodgiens
- Cambodian Tirailleurs Regiment)
Commander : Major Langellier or Major Lajoix
IV/3e RTT (Régiment de Tirailleurs
Tonkinois - Tonkinese Tirailleurs Regiment)
Commander : Major Vicaire or Major du Commun
I/5e REI (Régiment Etranger
d'Infanterie - Foreign Infantry Regiment)
Commander : Major Djering
1st (?) Battery/5e RAC (Régiment
d'Artillerie Coloniale - Colonial Artillery Regiment)
Commander : ? Equipment : ?
IV/4e RAC (Régiment d'Artillerie
Coloniale - Colonial Artillery Regiment)
Commander : Major Poiret One 105mm Mle 1928
mountain gun battery, two 75mm Mle 1928 mountain gun batteries
Garde Indigène (Native Guard) "brigade"
Navy coastal battery
Commander : ? Equipment : ?
Navy coastal battery
Commander : ? Equipment : ?
Garde Indigène (Native Guard) "brigade"
Central Laos Zone
(Commander : General Bourdeau) [ Top
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Northern Sector
(Major Baudet)
IV/10e RMIC (Régiment
Mixte d'Infanterie Coloniale - Mixed Colonial Infantry Regiment)
Commander : Major Baudet
5th Battery/4e RAC (Régiment
d'Artillerie Coloniale - Colonial Artillery Regiment)
Commander : ? One 75mm Mle 1928 mountain gun battery
5th Mountain Company plus Groupe Moï
(sector reserves)
II/10e RMIC (Régiment
Mixte d'Infanterie Coloniale - Mixed Colonial Infantry Regiment)
Commander : ?
Garde Indigène (Native Guard) "brigade"
Manoeuvre Element
(Commander : General Bourdeau)
III/10e RMIC (Régiment
Mixte d'Infanterie Coloniale - Mixed Colonial Infantry Regiment)
Commander : Major Dasque ?
Bataillon de Tirailleurs Montagnards
du Sud-Annam (BTMSA - South-Annam Montagnard Tirailleurs Battalion)
Commander : Major Arrighi
Détachement Motorisé d'Annam
(DMA - Annam Motorised Detachment)
Commander : ?
VII/4e RAC (Régiment d'Artillerie
Coloniale - Colonial Artillery Regiment)
Commander : Major Leroux
Self-propelled 75mm AA battery
Commander : ? Four (?) autocanons
de 75 AC Mle 1913
Regimental AA platoon
Commander : ? Three (?) 20mm Oerlikon
AA guns
Regimental AA platoon
Commander : ? Three (?) 20mm
Oerlikon AA guns
Northern Laos Zone
(Commander : Captain de La Fournière) [ Top
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Infantry company (flown in from Tonkin)
one Foreign Legion platoon, one machinegun platoon
(flown in from Tonkin)
Infantry company (flown in from Tonkin)
Garde Indigène (Native Guard) "brigade"
Note : The static Garde Indigène
(Native Guard) "brigades" were of varying strength but typically
from 230 to 300 men with Laotian and Cambodian units at the lower end.
Only about 10% of the Garde Indigène strength were mobile
platoons (sections).
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