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rv17716-1 - Events
Niger (Africa). Soldiers of the Mouret column looking for water in an "abankor". Crossing of the Aïr, 1908.
December 1908 Colonel Henri Gouraud assembled a column of 800 infantrymen and 200 cavalry to march on Adrar where nomadic warriors have taken refuge between raids that claimed the lives of 3 French officers, 5 NCOs and 134 soldiers in Mauritania. France and Morocco were engaged in a conflict over Mauritania (now an Islamic republic in North West Africa)
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![Events<br>Niger (Africa). Soldiers of the Mouret column looking for water in an "abankor". Crossing of the Aïr, 1908.<br><br>December 1908 Colonel Henri Gouraud assembled a column of 800 infantrymen and 200 cavalry to march on Adrar where nomadic warriors have taken refuge between raids that claimed the lives of 3 French officers, 5 NCOs and 134 soldiers in Mauritania. France and Morocco were engaged in a conflict over Mauritania (now an Islamic republic in North West Africa)](../images/prevs/rv17716-1.jpg "Events<br>Niger (Africa). Soldiers of the Mouret column looking for water in an "abankor\". Crossing of the Aïr, 1908.<br><br>December 1908 Colonel Henri Gouraud assembled a column of 800 infantrymen and 200 cavalry to march on Adrar where nomadic warriors have taken refuge between raids that claimed the lives of 3 French officers, 5 NCOs and 134 soldiers in Mauritania. France and Morocco were engaged in a conflict over Mauritania (now an Islamic republic in North West Africa)")