Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-08-09
ABDEL RAIDERS SUCCESSOR.
Exploits Of Bop- -Amsms, the Arab Chief who is
Worrying the French in Algeria.

The Paris correspondent of the
Times writes: Bou- A mems, who
has become second Abdel Kader,
fs q m 4rsbout of Mogbar, sn oasis
sbuut 200 kilometres south Of
Geryville. Towards the end of
April his skirmishers crossed the
Choite-stretches of dne sand COW
cred with a foot or two of water
which run from east TO west, in the
center of which line is Saida, the
great focus of the cultivation of the
alta, u,ed in psper-making, the
railway alongside the causewsy
going as far as 20 kilometres below
Ssida. The skIrmi1hers eX ,ited e
rising among the rrsfi tribe, the
southern neiehbori of the Alfa
Com pany. Tho "Goums," native
troops of Saids, were seut agaius'
the in.uigents, but were beaten
and one OF the Csids killed. Gen.
eral Cert .. the th ,er just supe r4ed-
ed, then dispatcush Iuur columns
10 eurround Amema. O1e Of
these headed by Colonel Iun0ceh.
I'll. aCv,nclng straight through,
Geryviils to Chellala, half way to
MOghar, was attacked on he 1910 OF
May, his convoy captured, anu
nearly 100 men killed, with as
many wounded. This was the
grestest reverse sustained by the
French In Aigt ria for mauy years.
The column hastily retreaIed q
D.ya, where one of the other COL
umna, C"iouei MallareL's, was
being formed. Buu-Am-ms WA
expecting tn attack CeryvilIe, tul
he simply placed n line df rkirnl-h
ers rJuud al; marched along the
oufposts 70 the east: raised IN RI.
b.iliun the J-bel Amour 'ih' s, ,nh
turning suddenly norlhwa,d-.
passed between Cplonel Brunr-
tier.'s coiunn a and Tiaret, thus els
t-ring the cultivated dist icls OF
Frendah and Saids. THUS, while
General Dstrie, Iunocrni's sue.
cs-sor, was slowly lsndif G back his
exhausted column to GerJ vile, ex.
pretiug 20 find the marab 'ut on
tile eve Of att. cking that town, the
latter slipped bstw.eu the French
coiumus aud reached the
olfa district which had been
cousf,Iered 40 safe az to need no
troops. The Aifi Con p my esti-
mates that 700 of Its set,.sis have
been killed or carried off; the Cow
ernment admit oply SJ, aud the
truth Is probably between the two
Some were beaten to death, Others
disem boweled, A carters were fa--
& ,Ded to their Carts and burned,
nod women were violated. This
massacre occurred on the ~ h al
June, ten or twelve kilomet'e es
from Saids, where the terrified
population f1-d intO the redouots
With the garrison Of $50 men. The
Frsnrh ayrapgemeuts were design
Ell, by closing all the avenues on
the south, To- take Bou-A niema as
iu muuse-trap, but did not forsee
HI. zigzsg course so far north wards.
aud though the Brunei ere column
came up with his rear, the latter
"a sd with such rapidity as to DIS.
tsnce their pursuer.. Bou-Amema
tried, inde, d. to pass the causeway
Whs re General Detrie was awaiting
him, but warned Of thir, the fell bach
ou Saida, burning two villages TN
his way. He then fled westwarJ,
passing within six Kilometres Of
Cnlouel Mallaret's column, but the
ColoDel, though apprised OF hs
movements, reused to march with
out ord RS, and the marabout with.
drew undlslurbsd beyond the
Cbotts. "Never," remarks the
Debofs, "did rebel chief drag
Along with him 800 European prs
onerr, with l QUO carts OF barley,
wheat and spoils Of all kiud-; never
did such o raid dazzle the sab r,
tribes.U Where BJu- Amema now
is none OF the French Generals
seem 10 know for certain, but he
seems to have recrossed the Chotts
aud to be marching again on the
Tell to revictu.l. He has written
to General Detrie to offer an ex-
change Of prisoners At the rate
Of ten Frenohmen for one
Arab, but the Algerian authorities
appear inclined to propose ra nsoms,
aud seven have been released IN
this way, while about twenty are
still retained. Five columns, of
LOO or 1900 men each, are now
cvvering the Tel, but the great
htat prevents their occurring the
country, and the lire Is so exteud-
ID that 1t ts feared he NAV elfn