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Show FRENCH AND ARABS BATTLE -OH THE PLAIN OF TAMLET Dcrbers and Nomad Arabs Surprise the Frenchmen and Much Dloed Is Spilled In the Encounter. Colomb, Ilechcr, Algeria A French column, posted on Tnlraia hill, which commands the plan of Taadet wa attacked fiercely at daylight on Thursday Thurs-day by a number of llerbers. woo, with nomad Arabs, have been eoncen tratlng for some weeks past on the weatorn frontier of Algcrlt. Although surprised, tho French force rallied and fought desperately, not only besting off their adversaries, but pflle,, them for alx mllea So hot was the purtult that tho Arabi, tn their head-lone head-lone flight, abandoned their dead and wounded Several green flaga of the prophet also fell Into the hands of the French Thla French victory wa costly Twenty-eight men. Including nn officer, woro killed and 100 Including ten officers, of-ficers, wero wounded Tho lostet were greatest In tho foreign legion. Tho lierbor losses were much heavier, no Irst than 1JC dead bodies being found by tho French troops The French pursuit waa stopped by darkness |