It was not until two days after they took care of the burial, you know how. They used ropes to forage along the horses, hitched them men, it was absolutely necessary to get rid of the dead are piled as they could, where we could, especially in the wells. One, near which I was passed, received two hundred and fifty to six, not counting the animals and the rest. It is said that for a long time the city felt the dead, and I’m not quite sure that the smell has disappeared. Moreover, do not worry, Providence has this country very healthy and in case of storm, there is said to fear the infiltration of rainwater, but, assuming it real, c is a danger that the extreme drought decreases day by day and will soon be completely imaginary.

-Here, said the lieutenant, stopping in front of a house in the poorer appearance, inhabited by a Jewish family, this is a miserable hovel, I’d like to see the ground.

And the way he told me the following story in a few short words, full of a sad about the cruel chance of war.

In this house, since the capture of the city, changed masters, lived two Nayliettes very pretty. During the stay expeditionary column was under the walls of El-Aghouat few months before the siege, Lieutenant N. .. was able to enter the city, and had with him a sergeant of his company’s one Aghouat, which served as a guide, led them in these two women, who received them then any other than enemies. One name was Fatima, the other M’riem. The lieutenant and his companion in adventures of this night tour kept a souvenir also tender, and out of El Aghouat, saying, If we return, this is a ready-made knowledge.