The Express.
London, England, 1851-05-31 00:00:00

AILOERIA.

11w Afrit-an war (writes our Paris rorresprindent)
has opened with ...tem ',sues and dreadful car-
nage. In the advance of a column tine or six
thousand strong on Ojijelli, Colonel Arnaud is
admitted to have sacritimi • soldiers than
were Lod by Nlunhal Itugvaud in hi, tworupeditions
against the great tribes of the Kahyles, and in all
the campaigns of 11413 in than and Algiers. Two
companies of the Pith fell into all inubuth. and lost
200 own, with A officers. The whole number killed
is stated at :M. • (In the next day after their bloody
encounter, the tmilia had to march between a grisly
priwptytive of heads of their slain comrades. which
their fenaious vomit, had stuck on pules during
the night. to dismay them in their hammed march.
Terrible, on the tither hand. ha, been the retaliation.
On the 13th twelve villages wen• burned: on the
17th. :M►. Mien it is remembered that these
Kat" les are not nomad tribes of Bedouins, but hardy
independent mountaineer,, who are addicted to'
agriculture, the destruction of their settlements
rouses a strong feeling of compassitin.
The /Abdo has the following on the late accounts
front Algeria:

Submissions have already been received by General Saint
Arum., us the side of Dijijelli. but the resistance eifers'di
to him was very determined ; the column (from 5,000 to,
6,000 strung) was icarcely strong enough to support the'
combat against the multitude of Kabyks, concealed in the
woods and among the rocks, whose musketry harraseed our
soldiers on es ery aide. A column. compelled to carry with
it its provisions and ammunition, and more paatieularly to
MIMI its wounded. finds ibelf in Africa. embarrassed
In its 'movement% by • convoy, which requires •
considerable detachment fur its protection, and which is
continually assailed by the skirmishers of the enemy. A
letter from Delyelli states the low at WO put Awe de
combat. of whom 27 are officers ; the number killed is
atated to be 100. Thew suntan* appear to us to be
eraureerated, particularly in that of the killed, the ;molar-
tins being generally one-third of the wounded. It appears
that the greatest low has fallen on two companies of the'
10th regiment, who, being at some distance on our of the
tanks of the columns, were decimated by falling into an
ambush. These companies are said to hare left 200 on the
ground, including Ise offlyersi. On the following day the
heads of our unfortunate soldiers were seen stuck up on
either side of the road through which the column was
marching. After Iskiag three days' rest at Dijijelli, the
column of General Saint Arnaud again started on the 19th
to attack the mountain tribes. The combat of the 20th
was remarkably from the great force displayed by the Kin
bytes. and by the excellent military arrangement* made
by the general to cut ofr their retnat and drive them
into • ravine, where several hundreds of them fell under
the Are of our so/diese. The Cheri( Bazgbela was not pre-
sent at say of theme cagagcoieets. but he wee engaged in
wasting a well-eonibined diversion on another quarter.
Oa the wee day that General Saint Arnaud left )dilate for
WWII, the Cleritaiiid• a dawned ova Bougie, "Waited 20
Yaws te the westward.after hates netted the Yabyles la

I tire parte, who bad hitherto remained quiet, to riw against
as. As we have already stated, be was put to the rout by
tb•prrisea of that place. The Cheri( retired about four
tenses from the place, where be continued to preach a holy
war, bat, ma has been already stated, he was driven away by
the tribear the principal chiefs of which had solicited pardon
I from the French. It is Raid that General Bouquet is to be
detached from the column of General Saint Arnaud, is order
to form a junction with General Camou, who has left Setif
with sofas troops to attack the Cheri( and re-establish the
ceninianications between the two towns of Setif sad Sues.
A letter from Djijelli, of the 18th, says:

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Our affairs are going on well. We have just crowd
through a very difficult country, covered with forests, and
intersected with deep ravines. Five days of fighting,
Ilbeginning always at five o'clock in the morning, and eon.
eluding at eight in the evening, have cost us 100 men
killed, among whom there is one fleld.officer, and eight
other officers, and 300 wounded, amongst whom there are
23 officers, 1 field-offices, and a general (General liosquet)
slightly. The enemy has suffered immense loss. He
' admits 437 killed and 1,200 wounded. I shall say nothing
of the number of the guns, yatagans, and pi►tols taken
from the enemy. On the 15th the column burnt 12 villages,
and on the 17th it burnt 30. Lieutenant-Colonel Espinasee
acted with distineuished bravery. The liabyles have come
lin (sun all sides to make their submission.