Attacks By Reliels
IN.Z. Press Assn—Copyright) ALGIERS, May 22 For the 400.000-man French Army in Algeria, the first day of the unilateral truce was much like any other day in the shadow of war against the Moslem rebels Patrols were sent out as usual yesterday, not to hunt -ebels but to maintain order But at Ouedizenati a patrol was attacked and returned the fire It captured a rebei guerrilla
Near Setif. anothet patrol was attacked and took counter-action, the British United Press reported. Early yesterday, while it was still dark, mortar fire from rebel bases on Moroccan territory blew a hole in the electrified wire fence that runs the length of the border. On the Tunisian border, three Army posts were said to have been “harrassed” during the night. In Algiers and other cities acts attributed to -ebe! terrorist' killed five Moslem •’collaborators” and injured 12 persons, including three Europeans
A Moslem deputy mayor of a village and four members of his family, including two women, were kidnapped.
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Press, Volume C, Issue 29520, 23 May 1961, Page 15
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