gendarmerie

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French police force; a group of gendarmes or gendarmes collectively

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After 1862 the spiked helmet ceased to be generally worn by the Russian Army, although it was retained until 1914 by the Cuirassier regiments of the Imperial Guard and the Gendarmerie. Source: Internet

Afterwards, a Creole -speaking American Gendarmerie officer and two US marines infiltrated Péralte's camp, killing him and photographing his corpse in an attempt to demoralize the rebels. Source: Internet

Although Stalin described the NKVD (People’s Commissariat of Internal Affairs) regiments that moved forward with the tactical fighting units as a “gendarmerie” (military police force), they rarely intervened in the lawlessness. Source: Internet

Annual recruitment for the Army and the Gendarmerie now stands at one thousand each. Source: Internet

A para-military gendarmerie, known as the "Mehal-la Jalifianas" and modelled on the French goumieres, was employed within the Spanish Zone. Source: Internet

As a counterweight, Zog kept British officers in the Gendarmerie despite strong Italian pressure to remove them. Source: Internet

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