Up to 300 were killed, including 30 white mercenaries, and an indeterminate number of wounded, with figures ranging from 300 to 1,000.

Henri Philipot said, 'If only we had white mercenaries as Tshombe had.

They shared a camp with a lot of refugees and some white mercenaries and Zairian regulars.

On March 8 he was driving toward the airport 12 miles out of town when he came on a military roadblock operated by white mercenaries.

Soon white mercenaries appear and restore order.

What inspires a white Frenchman to lead a band of 33 mostly white mercenaries to stage a coup in a tiny black Islamic nation?

The use of white mercenaries is the one thing a black African politician simply cannot do.

It is estimated that up to 300 of their attackers were killed, including 30 white mercenaries, and up to 1,000 wounded.

Despite the successes against the Simba rebels, Tshombe's prestige was damaged by the use of white mercenaries and western forces.

He was joined by 200 white mercenaries from São Paulo and over a thousand Indians.