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(Encyclopedia)Theveste: see Tébessa, Algeria.Wargla
(Encyclopedia)Wargla: see Ouargla, Algeria.Bougie
(Encyclopedia)Bougie: see Bejaïa, Algeria.Bône
(Encyclopedia)Bône: see Annaba, Algeria.Hippo Regius
(Encyclopedia)Hippo Regius: see Annaba, Algeria. ...Colomb-Béchar
(Encyclopedia)Colomb-Béchar: see Béchar, Algeria. ...Foucauld, Charles, vicomte de
(Encyclopedia)Foucauld, Charles, vicomte de shärl vēkôNtˈ də fo͞okōˈ [key], 1858–1916, French priest and missionary in the Sahara. After a career as an army officer and an explorer in Algeria and Morocco,...Changarnier, Nicolas
(Encyclopedia)Changarnier, Nicolas nēkôläˈ shäNgärnyāˈ [key], 1793–1877, French general and politician. He served in Algeria and was briefly (1848) governor-general of Algeria, succeeding Louis Cavaignac....Barbarossa
(Encyclopedia)Barbarossa bärˌbərŏsˈə [key] [Ital.,=red-beard], surname of the Turkish corsair Khayr ad-Din (c.1483–1546). Barbarossa and his brother Aruj, having seized (1518) Algiers from the Spanish, plac...Chanzy, Antoine Eugène Alfred
(Encyclopedia)Chanzy, Antoine Eugène Alfred äNtwänˈ özhĕnˈ älfrĕdˈ shäNzēˈ [key], 1823–83, French general. After service in Algeria, Italy, and Syria, he was refused a major command in the Franco-Pru...Browse by Subject
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