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The quarters of the Zouaves of the Imperial Guard at Camp de Châlons by Gustave Le Gray, 1857
The initial purpose was simply for practising military manoeuvres, but it quickly turned into a showcase of the French Imperial Army, a theatrical propaganda display, where French citizens could meet the army and watch parades. Each year the camp was transformed into a town of tents and wooden chalets.[1]
The camp survived the fall of the Second Empire in 1872, but changed into a training camp and a departure point for troops engaging in overseas operations.
The camp is used for military manoeuvres, and cavalry training, along with the neighbouring 2,500 hectare large Camp de Moronvilliers. Firing of live ordnance (rockets, missiles) is prohibited.
A military airbase, designated base aérienne 131 Mourmelon, was in operation near the camp from the beginning of the 1900s until 1965, when it was shut down. This site also hosted a flying school, founded by Henri Farman in 1909.
The Paris 1924 Summer Olympicsedit
The camp was selected to host the individual and team 600 m free rifle shooting events for the 1924 Summer Olympics in neighbouring Paris. To that purpose, temporary facilities were constructed on and near the camp's firing range.
Other historyedit
On 4 August 1988, the dead body of 20-year-old Fabienne Leroy was found at the camp, after she was kidnapped from a supermarket in nearby Châlons-en-Champagne and shot the previous day.[2] In May 2008, Michel Fourniret and Monique Olivier were convicted of the murder of Leroy and six other girls and women and sentenced to life imprisonment.[3]
Further readingedit
The Bonapartes in Châlons en Champagne (Les Bonaparte à Châlons en Champagne), by Jean-Paul Barbier and Michel Bursaux, Marnaise Studies (Etudes Marnaises), SACSAM, 2009.
External linksedit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Camp de Châlons.
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Referencesedit
pp. 565–6. (in French)
^The Bonapartes in Châlons en Champagne, by Jean-Paul Barbier and Michel Bursal, Marnaises Studies, SACSAM, 2009.
^"Le calvaire de Fabienne Leroy Fabienne Leroy, 20 ans, violée et abattue par balles". La Dernière Heure (in French). 26 March 2008. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
^"Michel Fourniret et Monique Olivier condamnés à la perpétuité". Le Monde (in French). 28 May 2008. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
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