The Army of Independent Madagascar

In the 1890s France invaded and occupied the country of Madagascar. Prior to this the monarchy had a regular army for defence of the nation.
I have very little detailed knowledge of this army, apart from some distant pictures. Can anyone help with more information, perhaps on uniform colours and so forth?

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The Graphic 1882
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The Graphic 1884
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The Graphic 1889

The article "Pith helmet" in Wikipedia has a photo of a white Madagascar pith helmet with a metal front plate.

I have some information about their army.

First of all, we have this picture of king Radama I in campaign. There, we can see his soldiers dressed in double breasted coatees, white pants and shakos. Their uniforms were british cast-offs, so they were probably red, or maybe artillery blue.

The next information I have is this picture of an 1865 general and this one depicting malagasy officers (I lost the date, but it was from around the 1850s/60s).

And from the period of the french war, I found this uniform guide at the "colonial wars" yahoo group:
"Taken from "Savage & Soldier" Painting Guide, by Lynn Bodin
ARTILLERY:
Lavoisot's Battery: White hat w yellow trim around baase, black coat w yelloe piping, blue trousers w yelloe stripe. brown shoes and belts.
Grave's Bty.: Brown hat, black jacket & trousers, latter w red stripe, brown belts & shoes.
OFFICERS: Black, blue or white cap. Blue or red jacket w lots of gold or silver lace trim. Black trousers w red stripe. Black, brown, or white belts. Black boots.
REGULARS:
Royal Guards: White coat, black trousers, & brown hat.
Queen's Royal Cadets: White turban and shirt. Skirt red or blue w white stripes. Spears and hide shields.
Sihanaka Regt.: Pink tunic,white trousers, and hat covered with lemur skin (According to my reasearch lemur furs were white with small black spots.)
Merina Regts.(6 regts.): All white uniforms with red or blue pointed cuffs. Hat brown or blue. Some "other troops"(?) had blue tunics, white trousers, and brown or blue hats. Belts were black w brass buckles. The hat is hard to describe-- sort of an upside down fez, with the top having a front to reat dip.
IRREGULARS: Straw hat. White or striped lamba (cloak) and skirt."

And also those pictures:
Merina troops in ambush 1896
Merina artillery 1896
Merina troops 1896
Merina troops raising the alarm 1896

I hope you all find it usefull.

I do, thank you very much

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The blue coated individual at right in the last illustration of the post above (Merina troops raising the alarm 1896) seems to wear the uniform of a French unit, the Tirailleurs Sakalades?

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