The song also mentions the Swiss who constituted the most important foreign contingent of the Legion in the 1870s.

German troops are still the second largest foreign contingent after American forces in Afghanistan, and Parliament recently approved an increase.

And the largest foreign contingent by far comes from Japan, with whom the United States is running a $50 billion trade deficit.

The Nationals invariably attract a foreign contingent, primarily from Europe.

The foreign contingent was organized into regiments, often numbering around 500-1,000, and divided into companies.

Uruguayans refer to themselves as "charrúas" when in the context of a competition or battle against a foreign contingent.

Circus people may prefer to cook their own national cuisines, as do the 23 Rumanians who form the largest foreign contingent in the show.

Just the controversy a female commander would have provoked among the foreign contingent made him the logical choice.

The units represented the largest foreign contingent of those fighting for the Republicans.

By far, the largest foreign contingent came from neighbouring Sweden, which provided nearly 8,760 volunteers during the war.