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French Troops Ambushed by Algiers Rebels
AP dispatch reports two bloody ambushes of French forces by Algerian nationalists in eastern Algeria. One clash near El Milia left 20 French soldiers and 34 rebels dead after a mass desertion by Algerian riflemen. French Foreign Legionnaires and Spahis joined the hunt for deserters and fought in the second engagement near Sebedna.
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