Four Months in Algeria: With a Visit to Carthage |
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Page 119
... commandant of Bougie , who had been in- structed to make some movements to draw upon himself the attention of the native tribes that would otherwise have opposed the transit of the army . But although the success was as empty as that of ...
... commandant of Bougie , who had been in- structed to make some movements to draw upon himself the attention of the native tribes that would otherwise have opposed the transit of the army . But although the success was as empty as that of ...
Page 134
... commandant of Tizi - Ouzou , courteously asked me to dine with him- self and another official , the intendant of Dellys ; and induced the " gardien " to put me into a separate room containing only two beds . The second of these was ...
... commandant of Tizi - Ouzou , courteously asked me to dine with him- self and another official , the intendant of Dellys ; and induced the " gardien " to put me into a separate room containing only two beds . The second of these was ...
Page 138
... the supremacy of the con- querors . A week after this event took place , Colonel Lallemont , the commandant at Tizi - Ouzou , adopting the policy which had been initiated by Lamoricière MARKET OF TIZI - OUZOU . 139 twenty years before.
... the supremacy of the con- querors . A week after this event took place , Colonel Lallemont , the commandant at Tizi - Ouzou , adopting the policy which had been initiated by Lamoricière MARKET OF TIZI - OUZOU . 139 twenty years before.
Page 141
... commandant , and there found my German and Russian travelling companions whom I had left at the Isser . The former had taken his double - barrelled gun out of its case , having arrived in 142 QUARRELS OF THE KABYLES . the country where he.
... commandant , and there found my German and Russian travelling companions whom I had left at the Isser . The former had taken his double - barrelled gun out of its case , having arrived in 142 QUARRELS OF THE KABYLES . the country where he.
Page 176
... commandant ad interim , in return for my request to be allowed an Arab trooper who could speak French to escort me , gave me as a cicerone a young French officer , Lieutenant Marty , who was familiar with the whole locality . This ...
... commandant ad interim , in return for my request to be allowed an Arab trooper who could speak French to escort me , gave me as a cicerone a young French officer , Lieutenant Marty , who was familiar with the whole locality . This ...
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Abd-el-Kader Africa Algeria Algiers ancient animal appeared Arabs army arrived Arzew Atlas Aurès Batna Blidah Bona Boudouaou Bougie brought built camels camp Cape caravanserai Carthage character Cheliff Cherchell chief cisterns coast commandant Constantine course cultivation descends distance eight elevation Emperor European existed extremely feet Fonduck fortification four francs French Government ground Guelma harbour hills horses houses immediate neighbourhood inscription Isser Jemappes Kabyle Kabyle language L'Arbâ labour land latter limestone lion Magaria Maison Carrée marabout Maskara Mazagran Mechouar Médéah Metidja miles military Moorish Morocco mosque Mostaganem mountains mules native nearly night occupied officer Oran passed Philippeville plain plateau population probably province remains river road Roman route ruins Sahel Sebaou Sebkah seemed side Sidi soil soldiers spahi Spaniards steamer stone tion Tizi-Ouzou Tlemçen told tomb town tribe Tunis valley village walls whole wild
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