ALGERIA  .) See also:

• MOSTAGANEM

Mostaganem occupies the site of a See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• TOWN

town . The See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

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 (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

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
• POSSESSION (Lat. possessio, possidere, to possess)

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
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period of See also:

• GREAT

great commercial prosperity, and its See also:

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

population See also:

• ROSE
• ROSE (Rosa)
• ROSE, GEORGE (1744-1818)
• ROSE, HUGH JAMES (1795—1838)
• ROSE, WILLIAM STEWART (1775-1843)

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

• DATES

dates from the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

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

• COMMUNE (Med. Lat. communia, Lat. communis, common)
• COMMUNE, MEDIEVAL

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
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

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 See also:

• ARABS

Arabs—men, See also:

• WOMEN

women and See also:

• CHILDREN, LAW RELATING TO

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

• CAVE (Lat. cavea, from caves, hollow)
• CAVE, EDWARD (1691–1754)
• CAVE, WILLIAM (1637–1713)

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)

fire .