the family with donkeys, returning from the cave of Ain Fezza
the salon in Sidi bel Abbes
Notes by Louis Cordelle:
"From a legionnaire train from Bel Abbes in 1911, towards the border of Morocco.
The music and the flag give the honors to the dock.
Back of the medal-winning soldier who is on the left of the flag holder, we see General Girardot, his hand on the kepi (head of cabinet of the new Minister of War)
In the crowd, to the left of the face, the station leader of Bel Abbes."
Back to home
(1911-1912)
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On 14 January 1911, the Louis CORDELLE family, sailed for Algeria on the "City of Madrid" ship. They arrived in Oran on 16 January and on 17 January in Sidi Bel Abbes.
Louis was then chief operating officer at the Chemins de Fer de l'Ouest Algerian.
They settled in a beautiful house with garden in Bel Abbes, some of which we have pictures.
See the photo catalogues for Algeria:
1 - Moulouya Campaign page 3781
2 - Mechouria to Ain Fezza page 3782
3 - Various Tlemcen, Mansourah, Algiers, Marseilles page 3783
Louis' health was becoming increasingly weak, and he died on 23 July 1912 page 3784, the result of a sunrise.
The family has returned to Paris. Louis was buried in Saint-Denis.
The Prouveur/Bonnemain/Treater tomb in Saint-Denis
the family in the garden, Sidi bel Abbes
Inauguration of Bel Abbes station. Louis is behind the officer in white
"Goudj el Beghal-- Station terminus
from our line to Morocco- 1912
A recalcitrant artillery team at the landing. The little man is the captain (with a towel on his head). They just spent 2 days on the railway."
the garden in Sidi bel Abbes
(one of the first colour photos)
Louis is on the left
"kitchen of a artillery battery
(Moroccan border)