Designated `` Groupement Bayard '' the combined force comprised Cause_to_be_included 3,500 men under the command of Colonel Le Page .

The plan Arranging was that Groupement Bayard would fight Hostile_encounter its way north from That Khe and retake Conquering Dong Khé , holding Conquering it long enough to link up with the Cao Bằng group .

It is organised Arranging by the French aerospace industry 's primary representative body , the `` Groupement des industries françaises aéronautiques et spatiales '' ( GIFAS ) .