Poste Maurice Cortier

Poste Maurice Cortier

Poste Maurice Cortier was a desert halt in the Sahara Desert in southern Algeria. It can be found along the way from Algiers to the French Sudan.

It became popularly known as Bidon 5 because its sign board was an empty gas-can with the numeral 5 painted upon it; and is French for "gas-can".

References

It is mentioned in Arthur Mee's 2 volume work "1000 Heroes: Immortal men & women of every age & every land". Page 284.


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