In 1961, at the issue of the generals putsch, the 1st Mounted Saharan Squadron of the Foreign Legion received the mission to assure surveillance of the arrested civilian and military personalities before their repatriation to France.
In August 1962, the 1st Mounted Saharan Squadron of the Foreign Legion () lost three men, out of which lieutenant Gélas, which were the last French fatalities of the Algerian War.