Salt Lake Herald | 1900-03-31 | Page 9 | French Defeat Arabs

FRENCH DEFEAT ARABS A A DESPERATE DESP RATE BATTLE B TAXES TAKES PLACE AT Arab A rab Warriors Left SOO Men Killed Wounded and Lost Prison Prisoners ers er Losses S Small maii all paris Parie March 30 An official account aa accounts has ha s been issued of tl the victory ry of the French rench I ench troops over the Arab army at Tn hr which assembled with the ob object je ct of attacking the French exp ex di ti on which recently occupied the oasis dasis ls of or southwest of Algeria The French learned of ot the scheme and dow decided elded do to storm the position which w was successfully carried March i th by a column led by Eu En Eum m town was ws first bombarded and ami anden then th en stormed the Arab Arb rab warriors ma making maki maing king ki k ing g their last bast lastS stand in I the mosques I They Th The left fM oe tutu men killed and wound wounded ed e d on the field in i addition to pets pris f OZ OZI er taken j I The French losses were nine native I soldiers s sI killed kIlIe wounded i I and an s flu two officers were wounded