FRENCH ALGERIA 1846. General DESVAUX Toussaint (1810 - 1884) - Lot 596

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FRENCH ALGERIA 1846. General DESVAUX Toussaint (1810 - 1884) - Lot 596
FRENCH ALGERIA 1846. General DESVAUX Toussaint (1810 - 1884) He distinguished himself at Solferino; Deputy Governor of Algeria under Mac-Mahon - Autograph letter signed from CONSTANTINE (ALGERIA) September 17, 1846 (He was then Squadron Leader with the 3° SPAHIS) - To Lieutenant-Colonel PEYSSARD, Commandant of the BATNAH Circle - 3 pages in-4°: "Mon Colonel. One of the men most devoted to France, the most intelligent and progressive Chief of this Province, Sir Ahmed El Anneby, Kaîd des Silaonas has just been assassinated in his tribe. The murderer, named Khalifa, belongs to the Tédéfla fraction. 3 fractions, the Oulad Aly, the Oulad Zeïr and the Oulad Tédefler, took up arms and witnessed the murder. I know that the Director of Arab Affairs must write to you to have all the men belonging to these fractions arrested. If they wanted to cross the tribes placed under the Command of BATNAH, I have come to ask you to kindly unite with us to get to the bottom of this unfortunate affair...".
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