This is an excellent article. I have a few comments and questions though (and I realise that the limited availability of sources might mean that not all of them can be answered)
Can more be said about what motivated the members of this unit to volunteer for it?
I've added some more.
Was the company organised as a standard infantry company, or did it have a specialised structure?
As a standard company in the Rhodesian Army, but speaking French. I've put this in.
All uses of '7 Indep Coy' should be replaced with the full '7 Independent Company' to be in line with the conventions used by professional military history works
Okay.
Is is correct to think that this unit was inadequately trained? - the article talks of only a 'brief training period', and its performance indicates that it was under-prepared.
Yes. I have said so.
How did the police respond to the report of a soldier raping a woman?
The source isn't really clear. It just says they received the report. I assume that means they didn't act on it, as it would probably say more if they did.
What caused the discontent among the remaining Frenchmen in February 1978?
That was bad wording. It was actually bad morale because things were starting to go badly.
Why were the Frenchmen used to launch a coup given their apparent indiscipline and unreliability?
I don't know. It doesn't say. I will point out that the guys who remained after the two thirds went home were mostly good guys, so far as I can tell. Perhaps they just weren't that good in Rhodesian conditions, whereas they already had experience in the Comoros.
This is an excellent article. I have a few comments and questions though (and I realise that the limited availability of sources might mean that not all of them can be answered)
Can more be said about what motivated the members of this unit to volunteer for it?
I've added some more.
Was the company organised as a standard infantry company, or did it have a specialised structure?
As a standard company in the Rhodesian Army, but speaking French. I've put this in.
All uses of '7 Indep Coy' should be replaced with the full '7 Independent Company' to be in line with the conventions used by professional military history works
Okay.
Is is correct to think that this unit was inadequately trained? - the article talks of only a 'brief training period', and its performance indicates that it was under-prepared.
Yes. I have said so.
How did the police respond to the report of a soldier raping a woman?
The source isn't really clear. It just says they received the report. I assume that means they didn't act on it, as it would probably say more if they did.
What caused the discontent among the remaining Frenchmen in February 1978?
That was bad wording. It was actually bad morale because things were starting to go badly.
Why were the Frenchmen used to launch a coup given their apparent indiscipline and unreliability?
I don't know. It doesn't say. I will point out that the guys who remained after the two thirds went home were mostly good guys, so far as I can tell. Perhaps they just weren't that good in Rhodesian conditions, whereas they already had experience in the Comoros.