The initiative to erect this monument came from alderman Joseph Renard, who was awarded the Légion d'Honneur for his memorial service to the Spahis. Willy Gillard, a municipal worker, worked on its construction under the administration of Mayor Constant Leclère.

In May 1940, after the heroic resistance of the Ardennes Chasseurs who had retreated to the Meuse, two French units were sent to the south of the country. One of these units, Colonel Geoffroy's 2nd Moroccan Spahis Regiment, on the Maissin/Libin axis, arrived in Poix-Saint-Hubert on 10 May. France had already organised a corps of “Chasseurs Spahis" in 1831, and it was definitively established in 1845 under the command of General Ventiti, known as Youssouf.

On the morning of 11 May, at around 11:00, 24-year-old cavalryman Ben Asmar was machine-gunned to death by a German aircraft. Following research in 1999, it was discovered that this Spahi was actually called Ben Aomar. The initial plaque on the stele was then raised by a second one with his name, rectifying the initial misreading. Through this serviceman, the “To the Moroccan" memorial erected along the Poix-Libin road on the boundary with the territory of Saint-Hubert salutes the bravery of these men in the service of France and freedom.

An annual commemoration here is part of a tour of the Battle of the Borders, passing through the martyred villages of Anloy and Maissin, with a French delegation from the First Regiment of Spahis stationed in Valence. This Regiment is the only unit of colonial origin still active in the French army: "You can't disband a Compagnon de la Libération", said De Gaulle! The following day, a Belgian delegation took part in the commemoration of the Battle of La Horgne (Fr) on 15 May 1940. During this battle, the Third Spahis Brigade held off a motorised infantry battalion, reinforced with tanks and belonging to the German 1st Panzer Division. until its ammunition ran out.