 The company 's men , a mixture of former French paratroopers , ex @-@ Foreign Legionnaires and young adventurers , had trouble from the start integrating with the Rhodesian forces , and became <unk> by the respective ranks they were given in the Rhodesian Army . In an attempt to raise their morale and create a strong <unk> de corps , the Army issued them <unk> <unk> backed with the French tricolour and allowed them to raise the flag of France alongside that of Rhodesia each morning . Apparently under the impression that they had signed up as highly paid mercenaries , many of the French <unk> returned home after their first bush trip , unhappy to have received no more money than a regular Rhodesian soldier . 
