French offensive (13 Mai 1916 Jahr – 17 Mai 1916 Jahr)

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The column slept on May 13 at Dabanga,

16 kilometers from Am-Guéréda and, on the 14th, in Kharoub,
19 kilometers from Dabanga and 35 from Abtouk. https://archive.org/stream/renseignementsco00comi_10/renseignementsco00comi_10_djvu.txt

On the afternoon of May 14, a violent thunderstorm
broke out on our camp at Kharoub, where the
lightning killed the Tirailleur Salé, of the 18th Company.

The column left Kharoub on May 15 at 4 a.m. via the Boroko trail. Due to the difficulties of the heavily wooded and ravineous terrain and the impracticality of the track, the column march, which had been used on May 13 and 14, had to be adopted as far as Wadi Doueï, but the second echelon of the convoy (regimental train), which in previous days had been left in isolation at the rear, was incorporated into the column between the

(1) 36 kilometers south-east of Karoub, on the other side of the mountain range which defends the access to Sila to the west.

The mounted company reached the western entrance to the Boroko pass at 9 am, walked through it without encountering any resistance, and emerged to the south-east, in sight of the village of Boroko, at 9 am. Boroko camp was raised on May 16 at 4 a.m. It had rained all night, and, the sky being very cloudy, the column could not start until five o'clock for Soukdjemala (14 kilometers). A meeting with the Sultan's organized forces could not but be imminent.

Goz Beida was captured on 17 May.

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