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The troops of ABM KAMA appear to find instant occupation

for the French army at and near Algiers. Marshal CLauset. bad taken a fortress called Tremesen, on the Barbary coast, and left a garrison in it ; but on his return to Oran, he was attacked by ABDEL KADER, with a large force. The assailants were re- pulsed, with considerable loss; but the fact of their venturing to encounter the disciplined troops of CLAUSEL, proves that the ex- pedition to Tremesen has not been more successful than the de- struction of Mascara in quelling the power and spirit of the natives. The acquisition of Algiers has indeed been an expensive and bloody one to France.

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