page_title: Battalions of Light Infantry of Africa
hierarchical_section_title: Battalions of Light Infantry of Africa
caption_attribution_description: Light infantry of Africa. Taking of Couraia (1833). This illustration appeared in L'Armee Française by Jules Richard, illustrated by Édouard Detaille, first published in 1885.
context_page_description: The Battalions of Light Infantry of Africa, better known under the acronym Bat' d'Af', were French infantry and construction units, serving in Northern Africa, made up of men with prison records who still had to do their military service or soldiers with serious disciplinary problems.
context_section_description: The Battalions of Light Infantry of Africa (French: Bataillons d'Infanterie Légère d'Afrique or BILA), better known under the acronym Bat' d'Af', were French infantry and construction units, serving in Northern Africa, made up of men with prison records who still had to do their military service or soldiers with serious disciplinary problems.
caption: Light infantry of Africa in 1833, during the conquest of Algeria
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