 In the fall of 1951, the French took part in the Battle of Heartbreak Ridge.In the course of these combats which lasted a month, 60 French soldiers were killed and 200 were wounded.In the fall of 1952, after a lethal war of positions, similar to the Battle of Verdun during World War I, the battalion put a halt in Chongwon, South Korea, to a Chinese offensive toward Seoul.