page_title: Corps expéditionnaire d'Orient
section_title: Order of battle
hierarchical_section_title: Corps expéditionnaire d'Orient / Order of battle
caption_attribution_description: English: Tirailleurs Sénégalais from a Régiment Mixte Coloniale in French positions on Gallipoli on 15 May 1915
context_page_description: The Corps Expeditionnaire d'Orient was a French Expeditionary Force raised for service during the Gallipoli Campaign in World War I. The corps initially consisted of a single infantry division, but later grew to two divisions. It took part in fighting around Kum Kale, on the Asiatic side of the Dardanelles, at the start of the campaign before being moved to Cape Helles where it fought alongside British formations for the remainder of the campaign. In October 1915, the corps was reduced to one division again and was finally evacuated from the Gallipoli Peninsula in January 1916 when it ceased to exist.
context_section_description: Source:  
  1st Division (fr:17e division d'infanterie coloniale) under Jean-Marie Brulard
  1 Metropolitan Brigade
  175th Regiment
  three battalions of metropolitan infantry
  1st Provisional African Regiment
  composed of a Foreign Legion battalion & two Zouave battalions
  Colonial Brigade
  4th Mixed Colonial Regiment
  mixed composition of two Senegalese battalions and one European battalion
  6th Mixed Colonial Regiment
  mixed composition of two Senegalese battalions and one European battalion
  Divisional Troops
  6 field artillery batteries (operating 75mm field guns)
  2 mountain batteries (operating 65mm mountain guns)
  Supporting elements for engineering, logistical and medical services
  2nd Division (fr:156e division d'infanterie) under Maurice Bailloud, which disembarked in May 1915
  2 Metropolitan Brigade
  176th Regiment
  three battalions of metropolitan infantry
  2nd Provisional African Regiment
  composed of three Zouave battalions
  Colonial Brigade
  7th Mixed Colonial Regiment
  mixed composition of two Senegalese battalions and one European battalion
  8th Mixed Colonial Regiment
  mixed composition of two European battalions and one Senegalese battalion
  Divisional Troops
  9 field artillery batteries (75mm field guns)
  Supporting elements for engineering, logistical and medical services
  Corps Troops
  Corps Artillery:
  1 Heavy Battery of 120mm field artillery
  1 Heavy Battery of 155mm field artillery
  2 Heavy Batteries of 155mm howitzers
  1 Siege gun battery of Canon de 240 mm mle 1884 sur affût à échantigolles
  1 Siege gun battery of 240 mm mle 1876 on a pivoted firing platform
  Battery of naval guns of 2 Canon de 100 mm Modèle 1891 and 2 Canon de 140 sur affut-truc mle 1884 
  Corps Cavalry
  4 squadrons of Chasseurs d'Afrique
  Miscellaneous
  1 squadron of supply train
  4 sections to support the Artillery park
  1 field company of Engineers
  Signallers, comprising two detachments of telegraphists, and one of radio-telegraphy
  2 detachments of Military Police
  Escadrille MF98T situated at Tenedos airfield
  Rear echelon support units at Mudros base
  Rear echelon support units at Cape Helles base
caption: Tirailleurs Sénégalais from a Régiment Mixte Coloniale in French positions on Gallipoli on 15 May 1915
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