A.L.N. guerrillas still mounted attacks despite terrible conditions

Evidence

In small packets they would descend from the djebel, blow up power pylons, mine a train or an army convoy, murder a pro-French caid or shoot up the isolated outpost of one of the heroic corps of French S.A.S. officers; and then vanish again whence they came. Existing as they did under terrible conditions of cold, hunger, and constant pursuit by the French army, that they could still act at all must of itself be a testimony to the remarkable stoicism, tenacity and dedication of the individual moudjahid. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1001

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to earlier chapters tracing the A.L.N.’s persistence and harkis recruitment discussed elsewhere in the book.

Related

• The Challe Plan’s pressure drove the A.L.N. near starvation and defensive paranoia. (similarity 0.80)
• The A.L.N. reached peak military strength in 1958 despite heavy losses (similarity 0.80)
• Replacing fraternising regiments with outsiders broke the barricades’ supply lifeline. (similarity 0.79)
• French troops faced guerrilla warfare that negated their conventional military advantage. (similarity 0.79)
• Pied noir survival in Algeria was untenable even without O.A.S. violence (similarity 0.79)
• The A.L.N. peaked in 1958 even as French killed or captured 25,534 effectives. (similarity 0.78)
• The F.L.N.’s heroic years spanned three phases of growth (similarity 0.78)
• The A.L.N. paid double the casualties it inflicted in May 1958 (similarity 0.78)
• Algerian fighters in Tunisia outnumbered the infant Tunisian army. (similarity 0.78)