Show AND AREs ARABS BATTLE baffi ON OH THE RAIN OF 91 berbers Ber tiera and nomad arabs surprise the frenchmen and much blood Is i spilled in the encounter colomb decher becher algeria A french column posted on gahaza bill which commands the plan of bamlet was attacked fiercely at daylight on thurs thura day by a number of berbers who wha with nomad arabs have been concen conceit tinting for some weeks past on the frontier of algeria Althou although bh surprised the french force r rallied allbert a and tid fought desperately not only y beating ti off their adversaries hut but them for six miles so bo hot was the pursuit that the arabs in their head long flight abandoned their dead and wounded several green flags of the prophet also fell into the he hands of the french ihla french victory was costly iwen ty eight men including an officer were killed and including ten of fibers were wounded Noun ded fhe losses were greatest in the foreign legion the derber berber losses were much heavier no less than 12 de daid ld bodies being found by the french troops tho the I 1 rench beuch pursuit was stopped by darkness |