IN A SNOWSTORM. FRENCH FOREIGN LEGION.
BODIES KEOOVERED. LOSS OF LIFE CONSIDERABLE. By Telegraph.— Presa Association.— Copyright. (Received February 5, 9.10 a.m.) ALGIERS. 4th February. A company of the Foreign Legion were surprised and scattered by a snowstorm near Fort Hassa, Algeria. Twenty-one dead bodies have already been recovered, and others are missing. THE NUMBER THAT PERISHED. (Received February 5, 9.20 a.m.) ALGIERS, 4th February. Two sergeants and thirty men perished in the snow at Fort Hassa. The Foreign Legion, as its name implies, is composed of soldiers of fortune from all climes. It has the reputation of being a dare-devil body.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXV, Issue 30, 5 February 1908, Page 7
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102IN A SNOWSTORM. FRENCH FOREIGN LEGION. Evening Post, Volume LXXV, Issue 30, 5 February 1908, Page 7
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