The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-07-21

THE FRENCH MARsHALs.

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THE FRENCH MARSHALs.
The Na1ufs of thsit, 'BStvices..The
Eventful Periods in their Lives.
The African campaigns which found
the first field Of active military duty for
Mafshals Mac ahon, OAnF0bert, ,BaIRinei
Valiant. FOrey, Random, Changarnier,
lie BGuG and Count Palikac, followed
the descent on Algiers BY the, FRENCH,
caused llkelthc present wa byt aq ahront
ID the French Minister. "a ney geneta;
ton had arisen since the wars Of the First
Empire, and the young soldiers wei.
coined the field Of adventure which Africa
presented. The French occupation Of
Algiers met with little etIectiYe. opposition
from the Turks, but II AROUSED tile fierce,
liulependcut spirit, Of tue nNiiye3tribes,
7 Resulting, f6t i time, on Die part Of the
! French In the shedding Of ttvers Of blood
and the spending Of millions Of treasure,
4 without seeming little mere Of the soil
than their own garrisons, In 1881 the
4 0ffle Who are now the veterans Of the
French army found themselves confronted
by the daring chieltain, Abd.Cl.Kader,
and ior II years, this extraordinary man
ld4fe6ded With reSOlute, btayGry anainias
terly skill his native land against the In.
valers. The nature OF the campaigns III
which the officers named, rs well us 9TH
crs destined 10 be eminent before the Sl9ss
OF hOstilities, may be realized tfohl Some
! Of the leading incidents A@lsl SCAaG;
sci was sent, after some years Of very In.
| decisive fightingF with INSTRUCTIONS Sto
crush the Emir ut one, blow, who, on bis
part, fully alive 10 mp that was going on;
was not slow TO meet his enemies
lie promulgated the most terrible denunci:
atoms against all1who. sAQuldS be found
siding with the French or supplying them
with provisions; the consequence ofRhtdh
was that the French garrisOns and out
posts were almost starved, and could not
obtain food except by iorAy, in which
friend and foe wcfattcatetl precisely alike.
The Emir mustered upwards IF $1,000
men, and by his lhanoeuVers succeeded 10
postuOning the French advance until the
wet season., 1t WAS moi, until, November
that the French arrived at Orln, on their
march against Mascara. MoStACanen and
Ar1enq were Sg9pgIy lsatItS '.1t14 ,s aaEau
ul@nsel aaV a66 ln'o s3e shS!u5 eyu Fun;
Try WIN l3'OVv men AVER seNclna 1''S -
reaching Mascara, and avenged himself
on ABIDE Kader BY reducing 1t u u heap
Ofruins. This wrctched exploit achieved
the French were obliged TO Ifetreat again.
They next took TlcmCeu in January, 1896,
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GRAN bnt atlnouSn IVY 5,9fHss i Iis
haoyis III oaltiC' Tue .hueII IL il'.
Emir ltGrFasseu Inslri Eeltefqay HynlSn ~ 1MGY
only enecteu utter severe !osscs, ,al'
mnrHcEoua nnH s1Vasc n,aS VI , mt y,
kgS!N w i.lgs w. w y ~ SSkt.S
ioFays gtlif tIC.t tS;s str
trench' gAs soon ;E, INC army ilel IeslIsu
tHe ln!laOltans Oh lietnceh rose ulon tme
french g1rfisgns tnelr c2hyoys Tete CUT
on anasasn AnaseSS po.ahI;sI Eor, I
lnana' was ordgTed 10 csMnIlSl u io[s.le ~
camp on t a la.lla, sSr 1nS RGIpoSS =
covering d4emeeal anu ISNst4nng' snp '-a
inc Gou l.Il Y W Uct"ccn tI1t IWst
ana the districs favorable 10 tng FRENCH u, Gu
IN this ADVANCE ne was alIaCkeu ny tue
Fl t a a f5rt ISVc ca aa %sIe he Was shut
IN IN onL comnol,,sJ n rcmain until rclieved
~ RmTeand VI The mead Of, d. 600 men,
Soon Sifcr Bnreand eSiI5cd an impoFtant
Tict6ry ovefthe EmIr, which for time
In nv warfare vorG Iikc tia tIc nrcsent leading
Gen"rSI3 II Tho Er4nch ar1,,y cbrn1ncnce3
fGo;T active mflifarv career II was cal
cnIateJ Tt to occnstom them TO the horrors
~; SSS = q SSSsS il;SIS Ss6SsI n tFviTG
an az " "rStsnS;ss and IN render them cam.
~ " snJnr;IS NJ, Ihc CstiTue attendant
on fiohtinS IN mountainous country and
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