Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 April 1908 — Flerce Battle tn Algeria. [ARTICLE]

Flerce Battle tn Algeria.

A French column posted on Talzasa hill, which commands the plain at Tamlet, was attacked fiercely at daylight by a number of Berbers who, with nomad Arabs, have been concentrating for several weeks on the western frontier of Algeria. The French victory was costly. Twenty-eight men, Including an officer, were killed and 100 men, including ten officers, were wounded. The losses were greatest in the Foreign Legion. The Berber losses were much heavier, no less than 125 dead bodies being found by the French troops. The French pursuit was stopped by darkness.