Show r bone al al caiati coast i T 1 I fr third on oil algerian ta ranks amoia among ports borie bone or bona objective of the easternmost landing by american forc forces forteson eson on the algerian coast ranks third among the ports of 0 algeria like the two larger ports algiers and oran bone Is the sent seat of a french naval station fi A modern and typically french commercial port city of peo raple aple bone lies on a small bay only CO 60 miles west of the tunisian bor der and miles by rail west of the city of tunis it is miles east cast of algiers and almost due south across the mediterranean from monaco at the french italian border the development of done bone on its present lines line dates from 1833 when its region passed from arab ito to french control the iron ores from the hills of the constantine district in which it lies i were the incent incentive iva for dredging its shallow harbor and building port facilities continuously from 1857 to 1868 |