26 OCTOBER 1833, Page 2

The French have succeeded in taking the important town of

Bugeia, on the African coast, after a sanguinary conflict with a most formidable tribe of barbarians, the Kabailes. The battle lasted with scarcely any cessation from seven o'clock in the morning of the 29th September to the evening of the 2d instant. The combatants even fought during the night, as the moon was at the full and the weather was remarkably fine. The coast is thickly covered with olive and other trees almost to the water's edge ; and the Kabailes being concealed among them, kept up a most harassing fire on the French. At length, however, they were compelled to retreat, and the invaders took possession of all the forts and strongholds. It is said that the port affords the finest anchorage on the coast of Africa.