, 1879-07-31
WARS INUUMANITIES.
s'uooaQnE the Enemy In CAreA-TVo Far.
aliel Encl,lents..
InGI(st H1nsr.

s'uooaQnE the Enemy In CArea-TVo Far-
aliel Incidents:
Enailah FAspfr.
Few incidents IN modern warfare have pro-
voFea such extended acrimonious discussion ~
tho Algerian affair OF ths Caycs OF the. Oulcl
Nlahs, which all readers Of RtnGiAke's .HIatory,
Hill remember. In Juno, 1885,, the
ouled R.al.s, closely pursued by PelIssicr,
Saint Arnaud, and Ds l'Admlrauls, took,
refuge ia Qua ofths cavcsns with which their
country abounded. relisslcv, Surrounding the
cave frat ki1dlcd faQots at its cnsance 10
couvlnce tic Arabs TINT tho French could
smoke them otlt at pleasure. mud then thre. In
lettnrs demanding a surtondcr. Tho Arsbs
offered: to surrender II the troops vera with.
drawn. The condition vas lersncd inadmis.
sEbla, Md moro iagats wero lfEhteI. \ tre-
m"nlous Clalnur WA heard within Ut TIC
hundreds Of wratches In, .dsspairiog council.
Thcrei were Two parties. but The fanatics pr..
vailed, mud tue FrcnrH tefms vera again refused.
aonlo Of the minority escaped. nnd tue utyes
and daughters VI all cndearorcd to ~, but wora
shot down BY their husbands ansl futl,eEs, ro-
solved to lin Dose as well as to endure martyr
dom. stili.hpothcr cartel was sent In. by tho
roaily horrificd French, hut tho o0Icer WA fired
On, and on tue night ,of The 19tu, "los!ng all
patience md no longer having a. hope
formed q, perpetual nucleus Of revolt in
tie county. the tru was rendered u1prc Intense
than 1t had get been. During Ills time the
cries Of the. unhappy wretches who wcrc being
sufro:ated we're dreadful, by gradually nothing
was heard beyond the cracking Of fngo.s. The
troops entered and f1nnl b0O dead bodies"
This irnadiul story caused u terrific outcry In
EnEland against French lnbunn.itr, aud YoL
alter nil4 wherein did It diffcr, cxeupt a. to the
magnitude Of the, scale on which it was con-
duc.cd, frou this. which VIC Gnd re2oftoa in the
Gaps lPu{cAHadnf
'eosno dynamite that hsfl been sent for ar
rivcd, and the Colonel decided to try tts eGeck
Sergeant Joncsy Who thoroughly understands
Its usc. wasRsnt With 4 small party to cross ihe
rirsr higher up aud catnc round to tile great
cave. At great risk to.llimsolf. he leaned over
the top OF the rock and threw in chArGe of
dynumlte, with fuse attached. we hearl a
plosiont and then an awful yell. We
have since hcsrd what happened. 4. nephew
Of Letsika. picked up the. packet and
handed u 70 tf.y Chief, who, not liking tho LOOK
ehatlcrIng [.otstka's hand and actually Ripping
! his nephew. onen from thu waist to the throat.
| 6cFcra> othcs charges weEH thrown 10, doing
tnoro Of less dalnage. Subsequently the cara
fed BY dropping fuel down on it from thu 1lrss
atap The iirc was kept up TIL every oua
began to think tie enemy must l.ayo
escaped by sotne underground passage. How
cough was heard. Then the, men set to u,il
| piled up the fuel. In fer minutes tbs enemy
hailed. us, aud Intl,nated TINT they had enough
mud were willing to surrender. We put out tiis
fire as quickly a9 possible, and, after some delay
four lucn and boy came out, giving
up one. old gun and q few asscgalcs
Tllcn thcFo Wna pause, and tile
others called that they wcrc 40 stupid With
the smoke ll,at they could not get out. Bonu
| Of our men volunteered to 20 Ia and help them
| which when they did thu srcachcroua bt1tes IT,
side fired gu Them. Thts WAS little too much
| We piled up the tro again and kept it going It'll
| hun1own, tho consequence being thHt ninc mcu
ard ten boys were killed In tho cnvs, und threo
escaped in the night, but hare since becu taken.
| Ono Of Them has died from rhp effects of the
| fire, aud the otl1ef two sze sttli vcF3 bad but
| Likely to rsc0vcr.h