Show RENCH FRENCH AND ARABS BATTIE ofell ON oil THE OF berbers and nomad arabs surprise the frenchmen and much bloomis blood Blo odis li spilled in the encounter colomb decher becher algeria Al gerla A french column posted on hill which commands the plan of bamlet was attacked tacked st fiercely at daylight on thursday by a number of berbers who with nomad arabs have beeri been con concen en brating for some weeks past on the western frontier 02 algeria although surprised the french force rallied raille dand and fought desperately not only beating off their adversaries but pursued them for six miles so hot was the pursuit that the arabs in their headlong flight abandoned their dead and wounded several green flags of the prophet also fell into the hands handa of the french this french victory was costly awen ty eight men including an i officer were killed hilled and including ten officers were wounded the losses were greatest in the foreign legion the berber losses were much heavier no less than dead bodies being beine found by tho the french troops the french pursuit was stopped by darkness I 1 |