, 1859-06-06

The ZouaTs j. heroic sotdier; In ,fiftT ysar.
hencs. the mAdder e1ocA&a of Tie ZousTs wiH hs
Asne1ect Tor legends, like the hi1h fur hat d
toe &fsoadiera Of ths Old G afd. Popular
e1eax ~ others, Ill tho successes md Gicto.
- e ~ ase1ibed to the. African foot soidier
a. ~ n zoaATs who has sabdosd AlEeri4; It il
lug zou&ve who has taken Sebast0poL This
afaeas admiration Of the nasses il merely
homage rendered to military boiduess and
courage The soldiers of the line. and OF tbs
other corps have, therefore, not TO be iealou.
OF mat prediction: on the contrary. they hare
70 look upon it IS the conservation Of the
eternal bonds which bind the army to the peo,
II them. 1' ~''~ " ~11 u''''41'' ''I1''4''
1ne corps Of the Zouayes has, al1ays :beeu
admirably commanded. Young and abfe lead,
ers, stimulated by the desire to do xell and be
promoted, will always gige in enormous supe.
nor1ty to troops, even if they were only mid
a!ne. 80 much the more will they commu
nlGate their spirit to solid aud well drilled
soldiers, among whom the <.prit de corps il
carried to the highest degree Thus, among
the Aouayes, private feels Convinced that bis
position Is as enviable as that Of captain ol
Infantry. The strength Of those regiments
as1ses from their admirable staff Of officers, and
the following names taken from the rolls Of the
eoEps,. up to the time Of its reorganization in
1857, IS the best proof Of it. Almost all OF
these officers arriEed at the rank OF eeneral:-
Levaillant, Verge, Molliere, Lamoriciere Duyiyi-
er, Ladmirault, Maissiat, De Barrai, Dsolen-
ram, C!angini: d'Auteinarre, d'Erville. Repoud,
Bosc, Rlsson Gardarens de Boisse, Bourbaki.
ds saias Regnaant a tca.agua Lsao Leroy
Certain canrobert, de Grandcham, d'Aurelle
de Paladines, RecqTeult de Lavarande. kc.
The care taken by the illustrious leaders who
slnce 1889 have been at the head Of the Zos1-
avess to draw to them the most active officers Of
the army, explains the length Of the preceding
LIST, which IS not even complete
The General Clausel pertains the idea Of
forming the corps Of Zouayes, which in the BE-
ginning we're exclusively composed Of kabyls
ana Coulonghs who receiEed the name Of Zou-
aoua, tt!be from Jurjura, whose bravery was
proverbial in Africa.
The volunteers Of the chart arrived some
Months no afterwards, aad were incorporated into
me new troop. The royal decree Of March 81,
lsSl, which gave legal existence to the Zou.
yves, diS1ded them into two bsttalions, COM
manded BY Messrs. Maumet and Dpviyier. Il
Is at Aedeah snd at the Dol de- Mouzaia that the
zouaves received the baptism Of fire. The Of
ganizatlon was, however, far from being per-
feet, and, on the 7th Of March, 1883, the two
battalions were made into one. Of ten coruna.
mes; eight Frsneh and two natives Of Afr1ca:
she Latter were gaTisoned At Dely Ibrahim. Ii
- is only from that time that the costume Of the
AouaEes. 10 original and 50 we'll appropriated
10 the tAngues Of the African war, has become
regulated: Commander de Lamonciere gare
powerful impulses, and introduced these good
since. -'eA
We will not follow the Zouaves in ali The little
battles they have fought; their generous blood
mas fertllzed the colony. Armed with run
and spade. they hare opened military roads.
founded the first colonial establishments. and
acquired to THAR name that renowp which -.
BECOME f,UfcnHAn rfr %ho r.,
:. When the second expedition against Constan-
!lne 81 TOOK place, the Zouaves took large share
IN the work. Of the seigo and at the defin;t,
stornlng Of The place. On the eve Of tbe eTeat
gay, one Of their officers, Captain Gardorens do
lnoisee' solicited the honor to reconnoitre The
Ut Iseacn. ""hat reward do you want: ," inquired
M the general ofthe trench. Is The honor to earry
ne tug OF France at the head Of the first storm.
.n8 eoiunn!, And the next day the brave can
ta!n, pierced BY the Arabian balls, rallied in tie
oltches. after having planted his Oar upon the
"al's " Of Constantine The same day Culonci
lomoes: commander Of the Forty zenith reg;-
nent Of the line. carried the Zouayes, who
usnsa ua1 paft OF bus column, BY thoae simple
sords: "BraEe Zouares. ron must take Con-
stant'ne, or die under its wallsr' Coustantine
/, sas taken, but the Zouaves had dyed with their
blood the roads which led to it, Their coionel
IND several officers and soldiers were blown
WAY by mine; those who outliyed were hor-
Aott nu1ueu or mutll8te4.
. ~ 1s4o their behavior ut the Col.ef the Mon.
~ lnonceo the government to makea third bat.
anon; From thence the ZouaYes became a
,teneh corps; they we're, it is true, attached to
az permanent army Of the colony, bur the ma. |
ises were excluded from among Them. From
!, "a 10 l6a9, yearly expeditions often offered !
hem occasions to distinguish themselves. Col
jahrobert was then The commander Of the reo;.
nent. The cholera decimated the garrison of
1utnaie, says 81 dc Bazaucourt. The xeir-e of |!
taafcha calls him to the fight; Col. Canrobert
cares With his Zouavss, consumed with the en;.
emic; and during the trials of lonx and hard
1arch he encourages them; he renders to tbr
'ck the energy which WIS forsaking them. and
1splres all Of them with courage, so djficn|t to
ressrFe : against plague which slays. and
'hlch one cannot perceive.
During his march with his small, exhausted
ne hnds himself all at once in the prcs-
nee OF numerous ASSISTANTS, who preventad h;r
assage and surrounded The citr of Ron.S.da
le garrison Of which was blockaded- Coionai
anrobert resoluteIy marches to them. notx;,h.
anoing ths inequality Of bis forces. and ex.
aimed j" Let me pas, for I carry with ne m
aemy who WILL exterminate all of you-,ha
lague. The Arabs, frightened at these wo,ds
ID percelslng on all sdes the traces Of the en;'
samie, = were seized With fright, ran awar. md
It the passage free. 1'"
on the Stu Of November, before Zaatcho III.
ouaves showed themselves worthy Of their pre-
OF Constan&pe; the city wis sur
'anoea = by an Inc 3tricabe network OF gardens,
o.. Il. cant9nert and bis soldiers arrived The tirst
everything they met With. "They arc mt
'ld1ers, said a spectator Of that gigantic strur-
e they are cannon balls; once thrown, tt.cy
e to reach or fall'