New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-07-15
THE ZOUdVES.

Algeria eette1 10 ivy Dy MOOrs ofFth hun
Spsip. They recognised Kind Of allegiance 10 the
Sultan OF Turkey, which wa, however DOLLY noIn'n4l
he appointed tpeI Emirs but further than this there
wa DO restraint on their actions Hard pressed ~
the Spsniaros in 1909 the Emirs haste 70 lur
key for aid and Barbarosss, tied pirate 'ai"i u
their help drove on, the Chrst ans, but fixed upon
the Moors the yoke ofTukish sovereignty. In 1910,
be declared himself Sultan, or Dey Of Ayers ana
his brother succeeding him, the Ottoman power was
firmly established in the northwest OF Airi;s hAHh
NV M. people G tbis territory both 'ors and Arab
u.n,ced no, only by their dissen-iops but frequently
attach ed by the Christians 'ron the north, there was
Int or method by which the Dey could maint,n his
mower He formed large body OF Nero 7nary SOL
diers drawn entirely from Turkey, united with hun
self and each other by feeling Of mutual dependence
and common danger, and borbd by 10 feeling OF
interest or affection 10 the inhabit snts o. the
coil. Brave they were, as they proved IN I1'I'
against Charles the Fifth, whose forces they de-
f,sied and nearly destroyed at Hara c1-ln Loo
~ the siege OF Malts-n 1872, in the sea'hg1t
Of Lepaoto-in many smaller cOmb.'s al dhleren,
tine- defending their land triumphantly, in 10,
against the Spaniards under O'ReiIy and Cts-
t4jon. Hardy and ready they were from the very
necessity Of tie case for they hated and dreaded
beyond MEASURE by the Arabs. AMI theirs wa Iife
of constant exertiOn. Other than united they c iuI
not be- for they in continual warfare of of snse
or Of deense they suppressed rebellion and anarchy
for without leader and union they had been cnt on
by the restless foe whose piercing eyes watched aud
whose 6aegers waited only far The time. In constant
danger they could not sink into that sloth whca eats
out the heat of eastern and southern nations; for II
was only in unrest that safety lay he who sumoered
Oh those burning plains less thaa the sleeper on
Sberion Isle wa- lost utterly and without remedy.
This BODY Of troops, called the Odjack, elected or
deposed Deys at pleasure; the Dey, nomnaly Their
ruler was in reality their tool. In one period OF
twenty years. there were six Deys, OF whom tour
were decapit.ted, one abdicated through fear, aud
one died fearlessly in the exercise of his governing
functions. In 1929 they declared the Kingdom free
from the domination Of Turkey. Soon aer they ex-
PEELED the Koulouglis, or half breed Turks, and en-
slaved The Moore. Admitting some of the latter to
service in the militia, they never allowed
them to hope for advancement in the state
or what was the thing, the army
Only Turks, or in some instances, rene
Rade Christians, could lead the soldiers whom
thus no feeling Of local patriotism Modified III their
course of savage cruelty, grinding the face of the
poor natives Till spirit and hope were lost. and resist
ance ceased 10 be settled idea in their minds.
Now, when the French navy came up to the port
Of Algers June II, 1880, the unity between the SOL
ders and their master IIussen Pasha, toitering
on the verge of dissolution, plot against bis life had
Just been Uncovered he had punished the rngesders
with atb and many who had been concerned in the
conspiracy felt that there safety for them with
him. Beaten constantly in every skirmish or battle,
she conceived high respect for the military genus
Of the invaders and the close OF the Summer cam
paigD offered their services in body te General Cau-
sci This offer he promptly declined, aof they there
upon withdrew, carrying their swords to the aid OF
other powers ess sc'upulous.
The news, however, that the terrible Odack had
offered themselves to under the Freach, spread
lively terror through the Arab trbea, who, bsicv-
ing themselves about to suffer aggravation o! their
already Dto'erablO oppression experienced sensa-
ton Of relief and an elevation o. spirit no less
marked on hearing that the newly iormed government
had rejected their services PcrcevDg the fear IN
which these A'gerino PrGtorians were held by the
tribes Marshal Clavrel conceived the plan of repac-
ing them by corps OF light infantry, consisting OF two
battaons to perform the service OF householdoops,
and TO receive name as sgnifcaot as that held
BY their Ore decessois under the old regime COnse-
quently after some consideration, the newy .consti-
tuted bocy called by the name OF Zoa0res, from
the Arabic WORD Zouaoua.
The ZouaOua are tribe, rather a confederation
of tribes the kabyes, who uhsbt the gorges OF the
Juijura mountains, the boundary of Algeria on the
east separating it from the Province of Constantine
They are brave fierce, aborious people, whose sub
mission to the Turks was never more than nominal;
yet they were weknown in the city Agers, whittier
they frequently exchange the proiucts OF their
industry for the luxues Of comparative ciNiIization
As they bsd the reputation of being the beet soldiers
in thes Regency and had occasionally lent their
services TO the AlgeIine princes, their name was
given TO the new military force, while to give
it the character OF French corps, the number
Of native soldiers received into its ranks limited
and all its officers from the highest to the lowest
grade, were required to be natve-born FrencLmen.
The service in this corps altogether voluntary,
none being appointed to the Zouaves who did not
sex the place; but there were fouud enough young
ano daring spirits who embraced with enthusiasm this
life harassirg full of privaiion, of rude labor
of cop,tant peril. The first battalion was commanded
by Major Msumet; the second by Capt Duvivicr
lsince GeneraD, who died in Paris in lSiS of wounds
received in the African Leyalllsut tsince
General Of Division Verge now General of Brigade
and Molliere, who died Colonel, and of wounds
ceived at the stige Of Rome were officers in these
first two batalions.
In six weeks the Zouaves took the field under
Marshal Clausel marching against Medesh, import
ant station in the heart of Western Algeria, where
they triumphed. Left alone for two months q
frontier post living in face Of asavage foe, watching,
leaving the gun only to take up the spade, cut off
from all communicat onS reduced to the las, extremity
for fool they thus at once had experience IN the rude
terrible school which makes the best soldiers. They
ds,iI guished themselves theucciorwaid by their
yalor, suiferings and prvaiions Much Of their