Raid of Fort Lacroix
The Raid of Fort Lacroix was an attack on a French military outpost at Fort Lacroix in Bastia, Corsica, on 25 March 1977. A commando of eight men from the National Liberation Front of Corsica broke into the French Army's relay station, capturing four sentries and bombing the military complex.[1]
Events
[edit]On the night of 25 March 1977, a group of eight FLNC members snuck into the relay station at Fort Lacroix, formerly the principal French Army outpost in Haute-Corse. The main military installations were decommissioned in 1971, but half of the military section remained in the lower half of the fort, centred around the radio relay station. These were closed in 1990.[2] The FLNC members captured the sentries, stole weapons, damaged the relay, and destroyed the guardhouse so badly that it had to be demolished.[1][3]
Aftermath
[edit]A much more damaging attack occurred at the Serra-di-Pigno relay station in August 1977.[4][5]
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Un commando du FLNC investit Fort-Lacroix et mine les installations militaires" (in French). Retrieved 2026-08-28.
- ↑ https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/id/JORFTEXT000000169490
- ↑ Alessandri, Pantaleon. Indépendentiste Corse.
- ↑ France 3 Corse ViaStella (2026-05-05). Retour sur les attentats majeurs du FLNC : le relais de Serra du Pignu, à Teghime, en 1977. Retrieved 2026-08-28 – via YouTube.
{{cite AV media}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ↑ "VIDÉOS : 10 000 attentats, les actions commando les plus marquantes du "Front"". France 3 Corse ViaStella (in French). 2026-06-05. Retrieved 2026-08-28.