Show FRENCH AND ABAOS S BATTLE ON THE rUM Of MET Berbers and Nomad Arabs surprise the Frenchmen and Much Blood la I Spilled In the Encounter Colomb Dccher Algeria A French column posted on Talzaza hill which commands tho plan of Tamlet was attacked fiercely at daylight on Thursday Thurs-day by a number of Berbers who with nomad Arabs havo been concon tratlng for some weeks past on the westorn frontier of Algeria Although surprised tho French force rallied and fought desperately not only beating off their adversaries but pursued them for six miles So hot was tho pursuit that the Arabs In their headlong head-long flight abandoned their dead and wounded Several green flags of the prophet also fell Into tho hands of the French This French victory was costly Twen tyelght men Including an officer were killed and 100 Including ten of leers wore wounded The losses were greatest In tho foreign legion Tho Berber losses were much heavier no less than 125 dead bodies being found by tho French troops The French pursuit was stopped by darkness |