On Wednesday General Drude carried out a successful attack on
the chief Arab camp near Casa Blanca. The village of Teddert was burnt and the Arabs put to flight. The Times special correspondent says that the French troops were divided into two bodies, that in advance, nine hundred strong, being commanded by Colonel Passard, that in the rear, eleven hundred strong, by Colonel Dion. General Drude accompanied the second force. The troops marched in squares with the guns inside. The chief Arab attack was led by the Red Kaid who was a. prominent figure in the engagement of August 18th: The French, after occupying a ridge a thousand yards from .Teddert, shelled the village. The Times corre- spondent Milks that the subsequent advance on the village was not made quickly enough, and the absence of cavalry was much felt, as the fleeing Arabs could not be pursued. He doubts whether the lesson was sufficiently severe. The French casualties were one killed and seven wounded. The Arab losses were probably not very great.
