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Originally appearing in Volume V18, Page 903 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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ALGERIA .) See also:

MOSTAGANEM

Mostaganem occupies the site of a See also:

ROMAN

Roman See also:

TOWN

town. The See also:

ancient See also:

HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour was destroyed by See also:

EARTHQUAKE

earthquake in the reign of the See also:

EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor Gallien. The See also:

PRESENT

present See also:

PORT

port is entirely artificial. The existing town appears to date from the See also:

time of the See also:

ALMORAVIDES (properly Murabtis, the name being corrupted through the Spanish)

Almoravides, who built the citadel, now turned into a See also:

PRISON (derived through the Fr. from the Lat. prehensio, seizure)

prison. It passed into the See also:

possession of the rulers of See also:

TLEMCEN

Tlemcen and was captured by Arouj See also:

BARBAROSSA ("Redbeard")

Barbarossa in 1516, and became See also:

PART

part of his See also:

BROTHER

brother Khair-ed-Din's See also:

KINGDOM

kingdom. In the 16th See also:

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century the town enjoyed a See also:

period of See also:

GREAT

great commercial prosperity, and its See also:

POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population See also:

rose to 40,000. The re-awakening of the town See also:

DATES

dates from the See also:

French occupation in 1833. Pop. (1906) of the town, 19,528, of the See also:

commune 22,011, of the See also:

ARRONDISSEMENT (from arrondir, to make round)

arrondissement, comprising 27 communes, 332,684. In the vicinity of-Mostaganem are the Dahra mountains, See also:

HONEY (Chin. me ; Sansk. madhu, mead, honey; cf. A.S. medo, medu, mead; Gr. p Xt, in which 0 or b is changed into X; Lat. mel ; Fr. miel ; A.S. hung ; Ger. Honig)

honey-combed with caves. In 1845, in one of these caves, a French force, commanded by See also:

COLONEL (derived either from Lat. column, Fr. colonne, column, or Lat. corona, a crown)

Colonel See also:

PELISSIER, AIMABLE JEAN JACQUES (1794-1864)

Pelissier, afterwards See also:

COMMANDER

commander-in-See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief of the French See also:

army in the See also:

CRIMEA (ancient Tauris or Tauric Chersonese, called by the Russians by the Tatar name Krym or Crim)

Crimea, destroyed over 800 Arabs—men, See also:

WOMEN

women and children—by suffocation, by filling the mouths of the See also:

cave with faggots and then setting them on See also:

FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

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