The French in Algiers. Ernest Alby
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Ernest Alby, Clemens Lamping
The French in Algiers
The Soldier of the Foreign Legion; and The Prisoners of Abd-el-Kader
Published by Good Press, 2019
EAN 4057664589392
Table of Contents
THE SOLDIER OF THE FOREIGN LEGION.
| CHAPTER I. | |
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| Coleah—Arab Coffee-houses—The Hakim’s—Court of Justice—Arab Women and Domestic Life—Marriages—False alarm—Sofi the Modern Hâfiz—Grief for the departed glory of the Moors—Abubekr’s piety rewarded | 1 |
| CHAPTER II. | |
| Algiers—The Poetry of the Galleys—Bath—Palace at Mustapha Superieur—General Von Hulsen—I join the Foreign Legion—French colonization in Africa—Hassan, the coffee-house keeper | 15 |
| CHAPTER III. | |
| Dschigeli—The Foreign Legion—Climate—Attack of the Kabyles on the Blockhouses—Massacre of a Kabyle Village—Samoom—Homeric Fight—Death of my Friend—Fort Duquesne—Formidable Starfish—Shipwreck—Engagement with the Kabyles—Escape of the Prisoners—Burial of their Dead | 22 |
| CHAPTER IV. | |
| Budschia—Monkeys—March to Buterback—General Bugeaud—Algiers—Lord Exmouth and the Dey—Progress of civilization and jollity among the Arabs of both sexes—Songs | 34 |
| CHAPTER V. | |
| March to Delhi Ibrahim—Horrible scene—Blidah—Colonne Expéditionnaire—Dukes of Nemours and Aumale—Pass of the Col de Mussaia—Medeah—Arab burial-grounds—Marabout in the mountains—Taking of Callah—March through the Desert—Destruction of Abd-el-Kader’s castle—Milianah—Night march—Sight of the Sea | 41 |
| CHAPTER VI. | |
| Arab Valour—Abd-el-Kader—Snakes—Burning the Crops—Roman Bridge—The Duke of Aumale falls sick—Plundering of a Kabyle Village—The Prisoners—The Queen’s Tomb—Her royal crown—Inexpediency of turning the sword into a ploughshare | 64 |
| CHAPTER VII. | |
| Inspection of our Regiment—Military intendants—Hôpital du Dey—Its inmates—Eastern Garden | 76 |
| CHAPTER VIII. | |
| Voyage to Mostaganem—Storm—Funeral at sea—Landing—Bivouac Matamon—Bey of Mostaganem—Arabic music—Captain Lièvre—African spring—French and Arab Soldiers | 79 |
THE PRISONERS OF ABD-EL-KADER.
| CHAPTER I. | |
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| Life on board the brig—Expedition up the country—Am noosed by the Arabs—They contend for the pleasure of cutting off my head—Adda sends me to Abd-el-Kader—The head—Painful journey—Arrival at Abd-el-Kader’s camp | 93 |
| CHAPTER II. | |
| Reception at Abd-el-Kader’s camp—Description of Abd-el-Kader—His tent—Unexpected meeting with M. Meurice—Abd-el-Kader’s officers | 100 |
| CHAPTER III. | |
| Meurice’s story—The camp and the soldiery—The Adventures of a German renegade—Arab horses—Prayers—The Sultan’s band of music | 106 |
| CHAPTER IV. | |
| French deserters—Sardinian prisoners—Their story—Letter to Algiers—Raising the camp—Abd-el-Kader—The only cannon—The Bey of Mostaganem—Return to El-Kaala | 113 |
| CHAPTER V. | |
| Method of cooling a tent—Abd-el-Kader’s munificence—Tribute paid in kind—A good dinner—Coffee—Supplies from Morocco—Letter from General Létang—Arab foray—Prisoners—The beautiful black slave girl | 120 |
| CHAPTER VI. | |
| Revolt of Abd-el-Kader’s uncle—His letter—Jews—Attack on the Beni-Flitas and Houledscherifs—Horrible execution of a prisoner—Vermin—Tekedemta—Letter from the Arab prisoners at Marseilles | 127 |
| CHAPTER VII. | |
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Ruins of Tekedemta—Abd-el-Kader’s schemes—Attempt to convert me—More | |